A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state Alhaji Bibi Dogo, has said that the decision by the All Progressive Congress (APC) to challenge the election of the state governor Bala Mohammed in supreme court was allegedly meant to distract the governor from carrying out his developmental projects across the state.
The APC vowed to seek redress at the supreme court, following the verdict delivered by the court of Appeal in Jos, that upheld the victory of the Bauchi state governor Bala Mohammed and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last 2019 election.
Addressing newsmen Tuesday while reacting to the APC’s stance to go to supreme court, Dogo said the only option left for the APC is to accept the judgment of the Court of Appeal which dismissed their petition against the election of governor Mohammed and to jettison the idea of any further legal tussle over the judgment ‘for the sake of Bauchi state’.
” What we expect from the APC is to compel the former governor to explain the allegations against him by various anti-graft agencies like recently it was discovered that there is a direct purchase of landed property at No 22 Arrakan road GRA kano State at the cost of N283, 892,555,00 by the former governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar.
” Let the former governor come out and explain the purchase, we have all required documents on the purchase and we have taken them to the appropriate authority for further action. We will not relent until we recover all the items and properties belonging to the state that was frittered away by the ex governor”. He alleged.
Dogo said protracted legal fireworks over the elections was not in the best interest of the state.
He said if APC were patriotic, they would let go the decisions of the appeal court after they ‘suffered defeat’.
” They should allow the will of Bauchi people to prevail not to make political attempt to distract the governor by going to supreme court rather they should defend the interest of the state”. He said.
