Tag: Bauchi

By Charly Agwam - Bauchi Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has come under fire for not supporting the re-election of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed. Dogara had declared support for the gubernatorial candidate of the APC, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd) calling on the people of the state to vote Bala Mohammed out on Saturday. The kinsmen, under the umbrella of former aides, trooped on Tuesday addressed journalists in reaction to Yakubu Dogara’s recent interview with an online Hausa media. The former Speaker had explained in an interview the reasons he fell apart with Governor Mohammed and decided to endorse the APC gubernatorial candidate, Abubakar for the 2023 governor of the state. Kefas Magaji who spoke on behalf of the Concerned Stak...

By Charly Agwam - Bauchi Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has alleged that the Bauchi Command of the Nigeria police is colluding with Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to defeat the All Progressives Congress in the March 18 governorship election. Dogara was reacting to the Police' one million naira reward for the arrest of a serving APC member, representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Yakubu Shehu who is now reportedly at large. The lawmaker whom the police is seeking his arrest was alleged to have masterminded a clash between opposition parties that led to the death of one person and several injuries in the governor's hometown of Duguri. Dogara, while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Bauchi...

By Charly Agwam - Bauchi Members of the Forum of Former Executive Chairmen of Local Government Councils in Bauchi State have called for peace following the death of People's Democratic Party (PDP) members at the campaign rallies of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State. Leader of the group, Mahmoud Hassan while speaking with journalists on Tuesday, said that the Council condemns the violence that occurred at the campaigns rally of the All Progressives Congress Governorship Candidate in which lives were lost. "We the Members of the Forum of Former Executive Chairmen of Local Government Councils in Bauchi State (2020-2022), met and discussed exhaustively on the state of affairs in the state with regards to the electioneering activities. "We condemn in totality the v...

Bauchi group writes President Buhari, reports APC guber candidate for alleged intolerance, killing By Charly Agwam, Bauchi   A Coalition of United Civil Society Organizations in Bauchi State has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to report the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar over the killing of a protester from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) at his campaign rally. Convener of the coalition, Yunusa Idris Ndargomi who spoke in Bauchi at the weekend, said that he has asked President Buhari to caution the APC gubernatorial candidate in the State of the 'lack of tolerance' exhibited by the APC candidate. In his letter which was sighted by Bestof9ja news , he told the President that two people have b...