Despite the Zamfara State government’s assurance of a fair and level playing ground for all parties during the inauguration of its Community Protection Guards, irate youths in the state expressed their displeasure by booing former governor Sani Ahmed Yarima.
Sani who ruled Zamfara from 1999 to 2003 was called to deliver a speech at the inauguration of Community Protection Guards (Askarawan Zamfara) but as soon as his name was mentioned, irate youths began to chant ‘bamayi-bamayi’, literally meaning ‘we don’t like him’, thus forcing the former governor to deliver a short speech and walked out of the podium amid continuous chants by the people.
A video clip of the event obtained by WikkiTimes showed the former governor walking to the stage, delivering an inaudible speech and walking back as the people continued to rant abuses about him.
WikkiTimes recalled that Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima, who introduced Shari’ah laws in the state has been in the media for a long over his controversial marriage to a 13-year-old girl and the alleged diversion of billions of naira when he was the governor of the state.
Shortly after his tenure ended, he faced investigations from both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) following allegations brought forth by a Zamfara-based group known as Concerned Citizens of Zamfara State.
The group petitioned the two anti-graft bodies, citing their grievances against the former governor. Their complaints were rooted in the findings of the Zamfara State House of Assembly Investigative Committee on Abandoned Projects. Led by the then Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Murtala Jangebe, the committee’s report accused Yarima of purportedly misappropriating and diverting funds amounting to N5 billion.
Governor Dauda has before the event invited the first executive governor of the State, Senator Sani Ahmed Yarima and other former governors, calling on them to shelve their political differences and work towards curtailing the state’s security challenges.
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In a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital by the chairman of, the Local Organizing Committee, Hon. Mukhtar Lugga, who doubles as the Chief of Staff to the Governor, said the occasion is expected to be graced by governors from the Northwest and other prominent individuals from the northern part of the country.
“Governor Lawal has been calling on the former governors of the state to abandon their differences to work together for the progress of the state”.
“He promised to be fair, open and transparent in his personal and official interaction in conformity with his oath of office,” he said.
