The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has dismissed as fake a party membership card purportedly issued to notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, describing it as a calculated attempt to smear the party’s reputation.
The state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Gusau, stressing that the card currently circulating on social media did not originate from the party.
Idris said the document was manipulated, with Turji’s photograph edited onto it to falsely portray the bandit leader as a registered APC member.
He noted that clear inconsistencies on the card exposed it as a forgery, explaining that both the date and identification number did not align with the party’s official registration records in Zamfara State.
According to him, the APC registration process is tied to National Identification Number (NIN) verification, a requirement that makes it impossible for someone like Turji to be captured in the party’s database.
The APC spokesperson further disclosed that preliminary investigations had traced the fake card to a political associate of a former party stakeholder in the state, adding that the matter had been reported to security agencies for thorough investigation.
He therefore urged the public to disregard the document, insisting that it does not reflect any official record of the APC.
