Following the emergence of two separate leaders in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Senator Bala Mohammed, Bauchi state governor of interfering in the activities of the assembly. Oshiomhole made the claims while speaking with some APC lawmakers from Bauchi.
He accused the PDP lawmakers of shutting out their APC colleagues to elect their choice speaker during “nocturnal hours”, while insisting that the decision will not stand. Oshiomhole warned that "the earlier the governor of Bauchi came to terms with this reality, the better for him and for everyone,”.
“There is no way PDP can produce the speaker, the deputy speaker and other principal officers. If the governor insists, then he is inviting trouble for himself. He should have said he is vacating the governorship office until the determination of his case.
“If he had submitted to the rule of law, I don’t think Governor Bala Mohammed with all due respect would have no choice than to submit himself and the PDP in Bauchi to rule of law.”
The party chairman stressed that since the ruling party did not misuse federal might or federal instrument to prevent the governor from being inaugurated, “it is a shame that he would rather sit and use federal institution to undermine the rights and privileges of the APC members who were elected duly by the people of Bauchi state and certified by INEC”
Vigil360 gathered that the aggrieved lawmakers were led to the party's headquarter by the immediate past governor of the state, Barr. Mohammed Abubakar.
