Shinkafi alleges navy interference in Zamfara APC rerun major, petitions Defence Minister

An All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial aspirant for Zamfara North, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has petitioned the Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, over the alleged involvement of serving navy personnel within the social gathering’s November 2 rerun major.

Shinkafi, by means of his solicitors, YAS Law Firm, known as for an investigation into the alleged function of Lieutenant Commander Salisu Abdulrahman Umar, Chief Security Officer to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, and different navy personnel within the train.

The petition, dated November 9 and acknowledged by the Defence Ministry on November 10, accused Umar of partaking in partisan political actions and interfering within the major.

Shinkafi alleged that Umar collaborated with political actors and members of the APC major election committee to govern 42 ward consequence sheets and the senatorial district consequence sheet throughout Shinkafi, Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji native authorities areas.

According to the petition, Umar was not listed within the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police’s Operation Order No. 29/DOPS/2026, which contained the safety preparations for the rerun major.

The aspirant additionally accused Umar of working with the first election committee, allegedly led by Dr Awwal Abdullahi Aliyu, to provide fraudulent consequence sheets regardless of the absence of official voting supplies at designated centres.

Shinkafi urged the Defence Minister to direct the Military Police and Defence Intelligence Agency to analyze the allegations. He additionally known as for Umar’s interdiction pending the end result of the investigation and a court-martial if discovered culpable.

In the petition, Shinkafi mentioned the alleged actions undermined the credibility of the first and known as for an intensive investigation into the conduct of the navy personnel concerned.

The petition was accompanied by copies of the disputed consequence sheets, the police operational order, video and photographic proof, in addition to 14 social media hyperlinks which Shinkafi claimed supported his allegations.

The dispute adopted an earlier APC senatorial major held on May 28, 2026, which Shinkafi mentioned was nullified by the Federal High Court in Gusau and the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division. He mentioned the courts ordered a recent train involving all cleared aspirants.

He alleged that the November 2 rerun was additionally manipulated and didn’t mirror the needs of APC members in Zamfara North.