Cika jumlar da ke gaba: A ranar 3 ga Janairu 2019 aka rantsar da shi a matsayin Gwamna na takwas na lardin Yamma. Duk da haka, a sakamakon
2019 Easter Bomb attacks by radical thowheed jamath Islamists, Azath Salley tare da dukkan 'yan siyasar musulmai an tilasta musu yin murabus bayan wani Malami mai suna Athuraliye Rathana ya yi zanga-zangar adawa da zargin da ake yi wa Salley da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi.