Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says President Tinubu is surrounded by hoodlums and chalartants including FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who are all bent to destroy him.
Mohammed stated this when he appeared on Channels Television on Thursday, January 1. He alleged that Wike is an ‘undertaker’ in the Peoples Democratic Party, rather than a genuine member.
‘’The President is surrounded by hooligans and charlatans. Some want me to join the All Progressives Congress, some don’t want, like Wike. Wike is a big drag on the administration, and the President should know. I have nothing against him. He wants to destroy me.
He [Wike] is an undertaker in our party. He is not there as a genuine member of the PDP, and I fought him. I was even at the secretariat when he went there to take over. You cannot be in two places at the same time. It’s against the rule of nature.
He is with them. So, please, let us be honest, even while we are looking at this thing from the superficial point of view, because all these issues have consequences.
We are the leaders today. But we should not think that we are arrogant and that we can do things with a lot of impunity, and nobody questions it” the governor stated
The governor also denied having any link with banditry in the country. According to him, Wike had threatened to put ‘’fire” in his state following the crisis rocking their political party, PDP.
“And I’m a governor, serving governor, and my state is the most secure state in the northeast, if not in northern Nigeria. And we did this through just not like that, through knowledge, through tact, through wisdom, and nothing of that sort had been associated with me.
But I know the shenanigans. I know the mud-slinging, people giving a dog a name in order to hang it.
Opposition leaders like me must be destroyed. Otherwise, there is no reason somebody can associate me with banditry.
And I think I need to clear myself at every level. I’ll be bothered because my name and integrity will be destroyed. I’m a politician.
There are people behind it, and I know, and I’m going to mention them today. Somebody said he’s going to put fire in my state, FCT minister Wike.
A rising politician, a leader of the opposition, to be accused of terrorism, it’s very painful. One of my nephews was mentioned in the corruption charge and there was nothing like that, nothing.
I have written to the Attorney General of the Federation. I’ve copied all the agencies, and I’m going to escalate it to the international community, asking for protection because this is victimisation, protection of my fundamental human rights” the governor said
