The people of western senatorial district of Zamfara State to recall their senator, Lawal Anka, (Bench-warmer) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Senate.

A group known as Zamfara West Stakeholders has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a move to recall Senator Lawal Hassan Anka for allegedly abandoning them during the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

The group in a statement issued yesterday said it signaled the intention of the people of western senatorial district of Zamfara State to recall their senator, Lawal Anka, (Bench-warmer) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Senate because they cannot feel his presence mostly when needed.

The group in its letter of intent to INEC on the planned recall, which was signed by Malam Idris Mohammad Mafara, accused the senator of alleged abdication and dereliction of his duties, leaving the district with no representation at the Senate alleging that, “he has abandoned the people over the years, especially at this period when every representative of the people is with their people helping them to battle the effect of COVID – 19.”

The stakeholders in the statement said: “The ‘no love lost’ relationship between Senator Anka and his people is something that may have started from when he first won the senatorial election in 2019 to represent the people, as he was said to have neglected his people .
“Tired of enduring the untold hardship his representation has brought to the people, we decided to move against the Senator who took over from Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima in 2019.”

“Since his re-election to the Senate in 2019, Senator Anka has completely abandoned and abdicated his role as a representative of his area. He had since his last term completely moved his entire family from Zamfara to Abuja, our senator shuttles between Kaduna and Abuja.”

What is even more painful, according to the group, is that: “During this nationwide lockdown when representatives of various constituents have spent time with their people or reached out to their constituents with palliatives, our senator has never bothered to come to Zamfara or reach out to us his constituents.”

“Instead of helping people who are loosing everything, as an elected official he’s too busy trying to fund pet projects and special interest groups with our tax money”.

The group also accused him of causing disaffection and division within the party at both the local and state levels, saying he has taken over the party’s structure.

“Its past time for us to clean him out of the house of senate and save our constituency”.

“We are, after all, Zamfara West Senatorial District”.

“We will sign on the recall proposal and petition which will be send to INEC
All the polling units (stations) will be issue with a copy and those eligible to vote will put on their signatures”, he lamented.