Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi Picked APC Membership Card

Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi

The former governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Mahmuda Aliyu (Dallatun Zamfara) has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) party’s membership card at the party’s secretariat yesterday in Gusau, the state capital.

The event witnessed a large crowd of supporters from all the 14 Local government of the state

Shinkafi, who was accompanied to the venue by party supporters, was received by state’s Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala on behalf of Gov. Abdul’Aziz Yari.

The former governor, after picking his membership card, promised to work for the development of the party not only at the state level but the country as a whole.

“My coming to APC is home coming for me, because I left it before and now I am back home to my brothers and sisters. Together we are going to work for the party to become stronger and the party to beat in the state,” he said.

The deputy governor of the state, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala Muhammad (Sarkin Malaman Zamfara) described the return of Mahmud Shinkafi as a `boost’ to the APC in Zamfara state.

“It is not a matter of coming back but it is a return to the fold of Yarimawa. Together we are going to build the APC to become more vibrant and a viable political party in the state and country,” Wakkala said.

Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi was a deputy governor to the first Zamfara civilian governor, Alhaji Ahmad Sani for eight years under the platform of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP).

He later became the governor of the state in 2007 in the same party before defecting to the People Democratic Party (PDP) in 2008, after being elected as the governor in 2007.

Mahmud Shinkafi contested for governor as PDP candidate in 2011 and 2015 losing at both times to the incumbent Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari of the APC.