By Abiola Olawale
Senator Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district of Borno State in the Senate, has criticized Mr Daniel Bwala, describing him as a political jobber.
The federal lawmaker who called out to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, warned him to be wary of Bwala, saying he can only be a political liability.
The New Diplomat reports that Bwala had attacked Ndume alleging that the lawmaker was planning to mobilize Youths in his Local Government, Hawul, to protest against Tinubu.
Reacting to Bwala’s statement, Ndume said it is unfortunate that Bwala is trying to play politics with the people of Hawul, to get a political job from Tinubu.
Ndume said: “I can describe Daniel Bwala as a failed Lawyer and empty drum making noise in Abuja. As I said, I did not want to respond, but because Bwala talked about threats or that I am mobilizing youths to attack him, which has security implications and is very sensitive.
“I believe Bwala’s strategy is how to get the attention and sympathy of Mr President to give him Police cover and maybe a job.
“We have credible people in the Hawul Local Government Area, and they know who Daniel Bwala is. When I saw his message on X handle, I thought it was Inuwa Bwala, who was the former Caretaker Chairman of Hawul and a renowned journalist. I quickly drew his attention to it, which he said, he was not the one.
“Later, I was made to understand that it is Daniel Bwala, who has no political relevance as far as Southern Borno is concerned. I replied to his post and said that if accusing and abusing me on Twitter or pages of Newspapers would fetch him something from Tinubu to survive after being a failed lawyer in Abuja, I would be happy for him.
“We have three former Deputy Governors from Hawul, and all of them are my ardent supporters and people I took in high esteem throughout my political surgeon.
“Daniel Bwala wants to portray the peace-loving youths as violent people. You can’t instigate Hawul people to go into political violence, because it is not in their character.
“All I can say is that Daniel Bwala is trying to get sympathy from Mr. President. The only advice I can give President Tinubu is that, politically, Daniel Bwala is just a ‘mad dog’ who barks and bites even the owner. So, Tinubu should be careful with the likes of Bwala as a mad dog.
“Bwala was once a member of the APC but ran away shamelessly and joined former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, where he started accusing Tinubu with all sorts of abusive and insulting words on Live Televisions. Bwala can only be useful in attacking people, but the 2027 general elections are coming, all I can advise is for Bwala to come to Borno and trace his roots.”
