Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state wondered how his statement that President Bola Tinubu's policies were inflicting untold hardship on the people of Nigeria could be a crime, as judged by House of Representatives former speaker Yakubu Dogara, describing him as a political turncoat.
Senator Bala Mohammed, who was responding to an attack on his person by the former speaker over his comment on Tinubu's policies that he said inflicted hardship on people, "As usual, the opportunistic political turncoat left the substance of the current national discourse in a lowly and unpretentious effort to ingratiate himself with a president who, but for providence, would have been a victim of Dogara's legendary betrayal.
The Governor responded through his adviser on media and publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, in a statement on Monday. He described Dogara's statement as a slur on the judiciary and the mindless vituperation of a self-seeking scoundrel who has little or no regard for the judiciary.
Bala added, "The opportunistic political turncoat left the substance of the current national discourse in an ignoble and unpretentious effort to ingratiate himself with a president who, but for providence, would have been a victim of Dogara's legendary betrayal."
"Dogara had been looking for an opportunity to retrace his step after abandoning Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of his party in the 2023 presidential elections, for another candidate on the pretext that he was averse to a joint Muslim ticket".
According to Bala, all along, Dogara had been looking for an opportunity to retrace his steps after abandoning Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of his party in the 2023 presidential elections,
for another candidate on the pretext that he opposed a joint Muslim ticket.
"Unfortunately for the political conman called Dogara, it was common knowledge that his real reason was the loss of the vice presidential slot, which he had severally bragged was already in his kitty. So,
What has changed? Or is he now at home with the ticket? Maybe after finding himself adrift due to his inconsistency and treachery."
Governor Bala queried, "What is Dogara telling the public? To our knowledge, the President is neither a judge nor an advocate.
"What we know and for which we will always commend the President is that there is indeed no evidence that he interfered with the judicial process either for his party or anyone else".
"For Dogara to now suggest that the President helped Governor Bala Mohammed to protect the landslide victory given to him by the Bauchi electorate is the height of political rascality, juvenile recklessness and unbridled indiscretion".
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"We can understand Dogara's predicament, indeed desperation. Now a political orphan due to his inconsistency and betrayal of the ladder through which he secured uncommon political ascendancy".
According to the media adviser, Dogara sees his only way back as heaping hubris on a man whose political ascendancy was preceded by an illustrious career in the Federal Civil service where not only did he
acquired broad inter-ministerial exposure but indeed rose to the directorate cadre.
Gidado further explained that it is the prevalence of opportunistic characters like Dogara, masquerading as opinion leaders and advisers in the corridors of power, that the country has sunk into the morass.
that led to the present impasse and not a statesman, patriot and quintessential administrator like Bala Mohammed.
