The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state has urged the Minister of Defence (State), Bello Matawalle, not to be distracted by those the party called anti-progressive elements.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Gusau, the APC claimed that the protest against the minister was being orchestrated by those who do not mean well for the country.
In the statement signed by the publicity secretary of the paying the state, Yusuff Idris, the APC said the protesters largely comprised a rented crowd and those who did not have an iota of what they were doing.
The party stated; “The attention of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a malicious protest orchestrated by some anti-progressive persons against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle.
“The protesters, largely made up of a rented crowd and those who did not have an iota what they were doing, matched to the Headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja with their frivolous claims against the minister and former governor of Zamfara and asking the anti-graft agency to investigate the minister.
“If the claims were true, the EFCC would have since made the details available to the public.
“The rented crowd was ignorant of the national laws constitutional and judicial process in the operations of anti-graft agencies and resorted to a protest of envy and vendetta against the rising popularity of the minister, Bello Matawalle.
