Fake APC Card With Bandit Leader Bello Turji Exposed

The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has discovered a fake party membership card in circulation, describing the action as a mischievous attempt to spoil the party’s name.

The State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris, stated this in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday.

Idris stated that the party has come across a forged APC membership card doctored to contain an edited picture of the notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, making him appear to be a registered party member.

“This was carried out by mischievous elements who are not happy with the smooth, successful and coordinated manner in which the ongoing e-registration of members is going in the state.

“Even to the man on the street, the forgery is detectable right from the card in which there’s the emboldened “26” on the date referred to the 26th day of January.

“Similarly, the photograph of the hardened criminal used on the card is his picture, popularly known by both security agencies and Nigerians in general,” Idris said.

Idris added,”No person can be duly registered without a NIN number, which Turji hasn’t, and therefore making nonsense of the efforts of the mischief makers for failing to realise that APC programmes are mostly flawless.

“The forgers forgot that before any person is enrolled by NIMC, he must fill a form that will contain his full information before he is captured.

“How then could NIMC capture him with a military uniform and gun on his shoulders, or are they blind or have forgotten that such features are not acceptable?”

“Also, from our records of today’s registration from Kware ward, we did not have the ID number with the initial ID code ’26’, which is for Niger, but forged for a Zamfara membership card, let alone the name.