By Adesina Soyooye
In Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, on Tuesday, March 24, one man stood out because of his loyalty to the embattled Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
While Vice President Kashim Shettima, alongside a number of All Progressives Congress Governors and members of the National Executive Council, NEC, were excitedly receiving the Governor of the State, Dauda Lawal, members of his Cabinet, Members of the State House of Assembly and many more who dumped the PDP for the APC, one man thought and behaved differently. He decided to stand alone out of principles.
That man is Wadatau Madawaki, until Tuesday, Zamfara State’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology.
He refused to defect with them. And, instead, resigned from Governor Lawal’s Cabinet. He said he was forced to resign following the defection of Governor Lawal from the PDP to the APC.
He pointed out that his resignation stemmed from his loyalty to the PDP, and emphasized that he could not join the APC.
“I only resigned because the Governor is joining the APC. I’m a PDP member. I’ve never been in the APC. And I’m not ready to be an APC member,” he disclosed in an interview with Channels Television.
He said he was not under any pressure to resign and described his decision as voluntary.
He said: “The governor has never forced anyone to resign. I only resigned because I think it is an honourable thing to do.”
His resignation has been accepted by the Zamfara State Government which has appointed the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Abdulmalik Gajam, to act as the Commissioner for Education.
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