Bauchi PDP Caucus Rep Members Tackle Dogara Over Verbal Attack on Gov…

Recounts Former Speaker’s Betrayed  of Tinubu in 2015 

From Paul Orude Bauchi

The caucus of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives from Bauchi State has condemned the verbal attack on Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State by former Speaker Yakubu Dogara.

They made this known in  a statement titled “Dogara’s Cheap Path To Tinubu’s Heart”, while responding to his statement titled “On Governor Bala Mohammed’s Latest Tirade and Buffoonery”.

The statement was sIgned by Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, representing  Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Chairman, and Hon. Sani Ibrahim Tanko, representing Shira/Giade Federal Consistency, as Secretary of the Caucus respectively. 

The other members  are Hon. Aliyu Aminu Garu ( Bauchi), Hon. Bappa Aliyu Misau (Misau/Dambam) Hon. Adamu Hashimu Ranga, (Ningi/Warji), Hon. Auwalu Audu Gwalabe (Katagum federal) and Hon Mohd Dan Abba Shehu (Zaki).

They  praised the governor for his giant strides in governance of Bauchi State and his patriotism  which they argued,  prompted him to pick holes in the speech of President  Bola Tinubu to protesters of #endbadgovernornance.

The lawmakers believed that the response of Dogara  to Governor Mohammed was ill-advised of a former Speaker of the lower chamber.

“We would have ignored Dogara’s statement for what it is: the sour grapes by a sore loser who is capitalising on an opportunity to redeem his battered image as a political retiree,” they stated.

“However, we shall be failing our constituents who, on the one hand, are victims of the unprecedented hardship the country is experiencing and, on the other, beneficiaries of the giant strides recorded by the people-oriented PDP-controlled state administration under the able leadership of Senator Bala Mohammed.”

The lawmakers believed that  the verbal attack on the person of the governor by Dogara was borne out of hatred of the rising profile of Governor and a part of motive by the former speaker to warm his way into President Bola Tinubu’s heart after his treachery betrayal.

“With what we know as federal lawmakers of the betrayal Dogara orchestrated against Tinubu in the 2015 speakership election between him and President’s Chief of Staff, the Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Dogara should be taking the President Tinubu for a ride if he thinks that maligning Governor Bala Mohammed will erase the treachery and get him the President’s attention,” the Bauchi PDP caucus stated.

“It should still be fresh in the minds of both the President and his Chief of Staff on how Dogara and his co-travellers weaponized sectional differences and, deployed a campaign of calumny, to steal the Speakership seat from Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila. Neither the President nor his Chief of Staff will forget the use of calumnious words that we don’t want to mention here again.

“Unlike Dogara who craves personal benefit from the present situation, while pledging to work with the President and all stakeholders towards exiting the present quagmire, let the word go out that we stand resolutely with Governor Bala Mohammed, a nationalist and patriot, a modernising and transformational leader whose iconic footprints on Bauchi’s developmental landscape have changed the lives of our people  and his achievements, recognized and applauded by eminent Nigerians including the Federal Government”

The PDP caucus  also slammed Dogara for pretending to align with the protesting youths who the caucus said had been at the receiving end of the missteps of the APC-controlled Federal Government.

“The former Speaker begins his statement by attacking President Tinubu and concurring with Governor Bala Mohammed that Nigerians are undergoing excruciating hunger, hardship and insecurity,” the PDP caucus members said.

“Then, leaving the substance of Bala Mohammed’s statement calling for concrete steps to reset the economy, Dogara launches a vicious attack on the person of the Governor.     

“Pray, if Dogara had been motivated by noble and patriotic considerations, why would he prioritize style over content, prose over substance and an individual, no matter how powerful, over the entire society? 

“The substance of the matter is that Nigerians can no longer cope with the high inflation, insecurity, and complete erosion of their living standards that have created a huge confidence deficit across the country. 

“That Dogara devoted about 98% of his write-up to sycophantic abuse of Governor Bala Mohammed tells the extent of hatred he has against the person of the Governor”