By Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a confidence on Senator Aliyu Wamakko and affirmed him as its only leader in the state .
This decision was part of the resolutions reached at the end of the party’s routine stakeholders’ meeting held in Sokoto, Tuesday.
Attended by the executives of the party at the state and local governments levels as well as other key stakeholders of the party, the meeting presided by the State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto described Wamakko as the leader of the party in the state .
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Aliyu said, “the meeting expressed happiness with the exemplary and unparalleled way and manner the Senator Wamakko is manning the affairs of the great party.
He explained that the meeting also unanimously endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as the party’s sole presidential candidate for the forthcoming polls.
While declaring her support to the national leadership, the party adopted indirect primaries.
“APC also adopts indirect primary election and consensus as the process to select candidates for all positions in the state,” the deputy governor, added.
The meeting was attended by all the seven incumbent House of Representatives members of the party as well as the twelve members at the State House of Assembly .
Others that attended the meeting included a former deputy governor, Alhaji Chiso Dattijo Abdullahi; former Culture Minister, Senator Bello Jibril Gada; APC Chieftains, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Tambuwal, Ambassador Abubakar Shehu Wurno and Alhaji Farouk Malami Yabo.
Others were former Speakers of the state House of Assembly, Alhaji Lawalli Labbo Marghai and Alhaji Shehu Goronyo, as well as fourteen out of the twenty three immediate past local governments councils chairmen in the State, among others .
