Polls: Muslim Council secretary resigns, says organisation politicized

According to the resignation letter dated 7th March 2023, addressed to the State Chairman Muslim Council and made available to the media in Yola weekend, Yaji alleged that, the leadership of the Council has pinched their support to Governor Fintiri,the PDP governorship candidate, thereby derailing from its constitutional obligations of been a father umpire to all shades of opinions.

He described the organization’s state leadership action as “selfish, self serving, and greedy.

“The selfish and partisan activities of the Adamawa state leadership of Muslim Council, has seriously become a source of embarrassing jokers with concern to the well-meaning Muslim Ummah of Adamawa state who are deceived by the leadership of the Council.

“An organization that is supposed to be apolitical, but unfortunately they became supporters and form a campaign team for the ruling PDP championing for the re-election of Fintiri, is rather embarrassing and dragging the name of the council to the mud.

“This, they exhibited by touring all the 21 Local Governments in Adamawa state, meeting with the local branches to inform them that the council has endorsed Fintiri and that Muslim Ummah are directed through the local branches to inform and mobilize the Muslim Ummah to vote for PDP/Fintiri, just because their hands were greased.

“As the Secretary of Muslim Council Michika Branch, I resolved to put my resignation from the position,” Yaji pointed.

Reacting to the development,an official of the Council who pleaded for anonymity said Yaji was out for his selfish reasons.

The source stated that the council wouldn’t want to join issues with Yaji over his calculative attack just to achieve political attention and patronage from his paymaster, insisting that the council did nothing wrong.

He further denied any endorsement of any governorship candidates rather accommodating all candidates who seek audience for political engagements including campaign.

Polls: Dogara endorses APC’s Sadiq Abubakar for Bauchi guber

From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi

The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara has endorsed the Air Marshall Sadiq Baba Abubakar (rtd) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next week’s governoship election in Bauchi State.

The former Speaker is a member of the People’s Democratic Party and member of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party’s presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

In 2019, he helped mobilised and led a coalition of political parties and interest groups in Bauchi which ousted former governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar and installed Senator Bala Mohammed in 2019.

However, shortly after the elections governor Bala Mohammed reneged on all political agreements he entered into before the election and declared political war on prominent citizens of the state who opposed his style of governance including Dogara and an elderstatesman Alhaji Bello Kirfi, who was a minister in the second Republic under president Shehu Shagari.

Dogara had accused Mohammed of corruption including non-payment of salaries of teachers and civil servants.

The former Speaker led a campaign team of Air Marshall Sadiq Baba Abubakar across some Bauchi local governments including Kirfi and Alkaleri where Governor Bala Mohammed came from.

Speaking to a mammoth crowd of supporters in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State , Dogara urged the people to toe the path of honour by voting out Bala Mohammed from office.

“We came to tell you the truth, that we need to effect a change of leadership in Bauchi State.

“I came here to enlighten you that even though your son (Governor Mohammed) is there but since he is not doing well we should change him. I urge you all to cast your vote for Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar on Saturday.”

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