A former Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has told the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala
Mohammed, to address the allegations of corruption against him.
Dogara said this while waving
aside claims by the state government that he was being investigated by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Dogara dismissed the claim as
nothing but components of a smear campaign sponsored by state government and
its minions.
Recall that the former Speaker
had in his letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
published on Sunday raised numerous corruption allegations against the
Governor.
In a statement signed by his
Spokesman, Turaki Hassan, and made available on Monday, Dogara
pointed out that it has been over a year since he left office as Speaker with
an unblemished record of service.
“If there is any evidence of
corruption against the former Speaker, it should be published by those who make
claim of its existence or forever keep their peace,” the statement added.
“It is public knowledge that
Dogara, other than for official purposes as Speaker of the House of
Representatives, 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.
“Governor Bala 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
Dogara or any report indicting him.”
The statement further challenged
the Governor to make public the purported appreciation letter for the gift of
any vehicle received by Dogara.
“Governor 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 Dogara as hiring paid minions to whitewash him will make
no impact on Nigerians and indeed Bauchi people.”
The former Speaker challenged the
Governor to address the allegations of corruption against him with 48 hours if
he has nothing to hide, advising him to begin with records that he (Mohammed)
used a company in which he was a director 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,” the statement said.
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