Dogara To Gov. Bala Mohammed: Address Charges of Corruption

…Says blackmail won’t help the Bauchi governor

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – Immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) back to the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend, has said that Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State would do well to scrap up bits of honour left in him by addressing the charges of corruption and self-enrichment listed in his (Dogara) resignation letter.

Dogara said that Governor Mohammed’s hiring paid minions to whitewash him will make no impact on Nigerians and indeed Bauchi people.

This is as he said that allegations that he (Dogara) is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), or any other anti-graft agency, are nothing but components of a smear campaign sponsored by Bauchi State government and its minions.

Dogara said that it has been over one year since he left office as Speaker of the House of Representatives with an unblemished record of service, stressing that if there is any evidence of corruption against him as former Speaker, it should be published by those who make claim of its existence or forever keep their peace.

He said that it is public knowledge that other than for official purposes as Speaker of the House of Representatives, he did not and still does not have any business with the EFCC or Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), unlike Bala Mohammed and his children, who were regular guests at EFCC and Kuje Prison for months.

These were contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Turaki Hassan, saying that “Governor Bala Mohammed should take this as a challenge to activate his contacts acquired while in detention at the anti-graft agency to make public any evidence of fraud or corruption against the Rt. Hon or any report indicting him”.

Turaki further said that Governor Mohammed, alongside his minions, are hereby challenged to make public the purported appreciation letter for the gift of any vehicle received by Hon. Dogara.

The statement further states; “Governor Bala Mohammed, rather than hiring paid minions to hurl insults and make false allegations against the person of Hon Dogara, would do well to scrap up bits of honour left in him by addressing the charges of corruption and self-enrichment listed in the resignation letter of the Rt. Hon as hiring paid minions to whitewash him will make no impact on Nigerians and indeed Bauchi people.

“Nigerians are now too sophisticated for cheap propaganda and can see through a desperate attempt to divert attention from the serious issues of corruption levelled against him.

“If he has nothing to hide, Bala Mohammed should, within 48 hours, personally address allegations issued directly against him instead of resorting to cheap blackmail.

“For starters, he can begin with records that he used a company in which he was a director and whose address was his mother’s residence in Bauchi, to execute a N4.6 billion vehicle purchase contract.

“He should explain who Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, a director with 20 percent shares of Adda Nigeria Limited, as obtained from the Certified True Copies of records of the company obtained from Corporate Affairs Commission and published by Premium Times on February 22nd 2020, is,” Turaki stated.

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