Bauchi Gov will retire Dogara from politics- Kefas Magaji

The political war between Governor Bala Mohammed and the former Speaker House of Representatives Honourable Yakubu Dogara has taken a new dimension as his kinsmen have predicted his political demise.

They were reacting to Dogara’s interview with a local online medium called Labarin Daga Bauchi, where the former Speaker explained why he fell apart with Governor Mohammed and decided to endorse the All Progressives Congress APC Gubernatorial candidate, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar for the 2023 Governorship and State Assembly Elections.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the NUJ Secretariat, Barr. Kefas Magaji who spoke on behalf of Concerned Stakeholders  from Zaar and other ethnic groups in Dogara’s constituency, opined that  Dogara has no political value to reclaim the state from the incumbent governor for the APC Gubernatorial candidate.

“He no longer has any support base. He is a political liability hunting for money everywhere. He will NOT add value to your campaign. All his ranting in your team is to justify the money he will collect from you,” Magaji said.

“In the House of Representatives Election held on 25th February 2023, his APC candidate lost in all the polling units in Tafawa Balewa town and also in Dogara’s polling unit in Gwarangah of Bogoro Local Government where he voted”

He said the Zaar people and other ethnic groups in Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa LGAs are truly satisfied with the performance of  Governor Mohammed n the last four years, and are prepared to vote him again en mass this coming Saturday the 18th March 2023.

He said the demise of the former Speaker  is near because he has formed the notorious habit of fighting every governor of the state for selfish reasons.

“Since 2007 when Dogara was first elected, he has fought with every State Governor once elected. He fought with Mal Isa Yuguda, Gov. M. A. Abubakar and Sen. Bala Abdukadir Mohammed (Kauran Bauchi),” Magaji said.

Magaji, who lost his bid for the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency to Dogara’s candidate  Gambo Leko, described the former speaker’s interview with Labari daga Bauchi as aimed at misleading people of Bauchi State and in particular the Zaar and other ethnic groups towards the Saturday the 18th of March 2023.

 “Hon Dogara spoke dishonourably, when he called on the good people of Bauchi State to come out en mass in order to vote for Air Marshall Baba Sadique Abubakar (Rtd) in the said Elections,” he said 

“In an attempt to substantiate his appeal, he raised childish arguments as the misdeeds of the current Governor.

” He started by claiming that he brought our amiable Governor to office in 2019,

“This is completely false. He rather attached himself to Senator Bala Mohammed in order to get the PDP ticket and get re-elected in 2019, because he was Speaker of House of Representatives on the platform of APC, and the APC government refused to give him ticket for the same House of Representatives due to recalcitrance. “

“In fact, under that Government, the then governor, Barr. M.A Abubakar had vowed that he would retire Dogara from politics, but for the shelter he found in PDP which served as his saving grace.