Ex-senator demands apology from Matawalle over comment on Northern elders

INVESTIGATION: Beautiful infrastructure but poor staffing, lack of drugs hinder PHC services in Borno communitiesTips to self-fulfilment in life, By Sunday AdelajaHard hit by climate change, farmers in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ face new foesINVESTIGATION: Beautiful infrastructure but poor staffing, lack of drugs hinder PHC services in Borno communitiesTips to self-fulfilment in life, By Sunday AdelajaMr Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District in the Senate between 2011 and...

Mr Marafa advised Mr Matawalle, who is a former governor of Zamfara State, to publicly apologise to elders in the Northern region and the entire Northerners in the interest of the unity of the country.Mr Marafa said the comment of the defence minister was not the position of President Tinubu. “Although, I’m not the mouthpiece of either the president or the Presidency, as a Northerner and an elder in the region, as an APC stakeholder and one that has worked closely with both the president and the Vice President, I want to state categorically that this view expressed by Mr Matawalle is his personal opinion and not in any way that of Mr President or the Presidency, and should, therefore, be disregarded.

“They are worried and disturbed that the unfortunate statement by the Minister of State for Defence, if not addressed, could affect the president’s electoral fortunes in our region because it will be seen as if the minister spoke the mind of the president or the Presidency.

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