Governor Bala Mohammed-led Bauchi state government has lambasted the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, calling him “an opportunist and a political turncoat.”
The state government’s remarks were in response to Dogara’s criticism of Governor Bala Mohammed for attacking President Bola Tinubu over the nationwide protests against bad governance.
Responding through his media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, the governor dismissed Dogara’s comments as hypocritical, highlighting Dogara’s history of political betrayal and opportunism.
In the release titled: ‘Dogara’s Opportunistic DIATRIBE and Hypocrisy’ the governor stated that, “Those familiar with Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara’s penchant for exploiting other people’s misfortune for personal benefit will easily be seen through his latest diatribe against the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed.”
Gidado stated: “As usual, the opportunistic political turncoat left the substance of the current national discourse in an ignoble and unpretentious effort to ingratiate himself with a president who, but for providence, would have been a victim of Dogara’s legendary betrayal.”
The statement further contained that, “All along, Dogara had been looking for an opportunity to retrace his step after abandoning Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of his party in the 2023 presidential elections, for another candidate on the pretext that he was averse to a joint Muslim ticket.”
“Unfortunately for the political con man called Dogara, it was common knowledge that his real reason was the loss of the Vice Presidential slot, which he had severally bragged was already in his kitty. So, what has changed? Or is he now at home with the ticket? Maybe after finding himself adrift due to his inconsistency and treachery,” he added.
“He must be taking the President for a ride. Or how else does one describe a character who plainly accuses the President of masterminding a miscarriage of justice through a subversion of the electoral process?
“Hear him: “… When Governor Bala Mohammed was in court after rigging himself into office and desperately needed BAT to save him, he was busy singing his praises to the highest heavens and telling the world how amazing PBAT was, not even minding the fact that he is the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum. Just months after PBAT saved him, he turned around to describe the President as…”
Gidado added: “Really? What is Dogara telling the public? To the best of our knowledge, the President is neither a judge nor an advocate. What we know and for which we will always commend the President is that there is indeed no evidence that he interfered with the judicial process either for his party or anyone else.
“For Dogara to now suggest that the President helped Governor Bala Mohammed to protect the landslide victory given to him by the Bauchi electorate is the height of political rascality, juvenile recklessness, and unbridled indiscretion.”
“His statement is a slur on the judiciary and the mindless vituperation of a self-seeking scoundrel who has little or no regard for the judiciary. But we can understand Dogara’s predicament, indeed desperation.”
