Al-Makura, Abdullahi fighting over stolen victory – Maku

Former Minister of Information and a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labaran Maku, said yesterday that Nasarawa state Governor, Tanko Al-Makura and senator representing Nasarawa west, Abdullahi Adamu, are fighting because of his stolen mandate of 2015.
Maku contested the governorship election on the platform of the APGA but lost.
He had alleged that the election was rigged in favour of Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, incumbent governor of the state.
Both Governor Al-Makura and Sen. Adamu recently disagreed politically and the governor decided to set up a committee last week to probe his predecessor (Adamu) for allegedly defrauding the state.
According to the governor, Sen.
Adamu awarded a hydro-electricity power project in May 2004 at the cost of N5.4 billion.
It was billed to be completed within 36 months.
The project was abandoned after Aliyu Doma, Adamu’s successor, reviewed the cost upwards.
The senator replied saying that probing him is a waste of tax payer’s money.
But while speaking with newsmen after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms at the national secretariat of APGA yesterday in Abuja, Maku said that the fight between the outgoing governor and Sen.
Adamu was as a result of his stolen mandate in 2015 governorship election.
“You know robbers fight at the point of dividing the spoils, so now the crisis has erupted, that crisis tells the people of Nasarawa state clearly that the mandate was stolen – I knew there will be a fight over it – all they can do now is call the owner and hand it over so the state can witness peace and development, they don’t need to fight over it.” The former minister said from 2015 till date, things have turned worse in the state.