STRONG indications emerged that the cold war between a political
godfather and his son has reared its head again, following accusations
and counter accusations between Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator
Bala Mohammed. Their disagreement followed the governor’s claim that the
minister hired thugs that stoned the president’s convoy in Bauchi last
Thursday.
►However, responding to the accusation yesterday, Senator Mohammed described Yuguda as , ‘’not
only a fifth columnist but a mole in the Peoples Democratic Party, who
claims to be a member of the party in the afternoon, but works for the
opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC at night.’’
In a statement signed by Senator Mohammed’s Special Assistant, Media,
Nosike Oguenyi, he said, “The attention of Senator Bala Mohammed has
been drawn to an allegation by the Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa
Yuguda that he was the sponsor of the thugs that attacked the
presidential campaign team of His Excellency, President Goodluck
Jonathan in Bauchi on Thursday 22nd January, 2015.
“The question that the Governor must answer quickly without equivocation
is: why did the thugs not stone him (Yuguda) whilst he was addressing
the same rally, on the same podium and on the same day? Yugudu should
also tell the world why he has suddenly turned into an APC spokesman, by
exonerating the opposition party of culpability in the attack on the
PDP presidential campaign team in Bauchi.
Governor Yuguda, however, insisted last night that Senator Mohammed was
the one who imported the thugs as he said that the man hired by the
minister to secure the services of the hoodlums and 70 of the thugs had
been arrested. He said: “The Minister is a bigger APC mole, who should
be disciplined by the President for trying to embarrass him and his
office for selfish reasons.
“Contrary to his claim that the stoning was done by APC thugs, all the
boys so far arrested by the police have turned to be Bala’s boys. So,
who is an APC mole then?” the governor asked.
“Many Nigerians still remember recent media reports that Yuguda is the
real godfather and sponsor of the APC gubernatorial candidate in Bauchi
State and that he has not been campaigning for President Jonathan’s
re-election in the state. Again, history is there to expose the Governor
as an unabashed 5th columnist in the PDP.
“It would be recalled that the first attack Senator Bala Mohammed
received for wholeheartedly supporting Dr. Goodluck Jonathan (then Vice
President) was in 2010. The same Yuguda, in 2010, did everything humanly
possible to recall and politically annihilate Bala Mohammed from the
National Assembly as the Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial
District.
“Bala’s only sin was that he mobilized fellow lawmakers to invoke the
famous ‘Doctrine of Necessity’ to confer powers on the then Vice
President Jonathan to act as President while former President Umaru Musa
Yar’Adua was away in Saudi Arabia receiving medical attention.
“The second attack of the FCT Minister by Yuguda came later again in
2010, when he deployed enormous energies into creating all manner of
obstacles to block Senator Bala Mohammed’s return and re-registration as
a member of the PDP in his native Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi State.
Again, that attempt was futile as it failed disastrously for Yuguda.
Since then, Senator Bala Mohammed has become a force to reckon with at
the highest echelon of the PDP.
“SenatorMohammed has consistently repeated that politics is not a do or
die affair, hence he sacrificed his gubernatorial bid to allow peace to
reign in Bauchi State. He is also sharply aware that this is the time
for everyone to focus on issues that would promote rancour-free campaign
and elections to ensure victory for the PDP. It is on these bases that
it would be ridiculous to suggest that Senator Bala would hire thugs to
attack the PDP and discredit the Governor in the state – more so,
because he (the Minister) is not contesting any position with the
Governor. In fact, anyone who believes his wild allegation would believe
anything! By Yuguda’s latest embarrassing conduct, he has successfully
exposed his chameleonic character as an APC mole in the PDP.’’
Attack On Jonathan in Bauchi - Yuguda, FCT Minister At Each Other's Throat
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