By Abiola Olawale
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has issued a stern warning to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to desist from attacking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Dogara criticised the Bauchi Governor for attributing the hardship in the country to the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu.
According to him, Mohammed has proven that he is only an “opportunist who knows only how to extort and exploit people and situations.”
The ex-Speaker, who was responding to the governor’s recent criticism of Tinubu, said Mohammed, who has been running Bauchi state for a little over six years now with no functional social amenities should remain silent and not make noise.
He asserted that Bauchi is one of the states with the highest number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, yet he has built no functional school.
Dogara stated: “But Gov Bala Mohammed does not only do so, he thrives in it. Not long ago, I said of him, “any time the Governor speaks either by himself or through his aides, it is always an outburst of profanity which debases and demeans all of us.
“Just months after President Tinubu saved him, he has turned around to describe the President as, “now inept, incompetent and incapable of running Nigeria. I will even invite him to chair our 2027 presidential campaigns if he continues this way.
“This level of unbridled disrespect is unparalleled. In months, Gov Bala Mohammed has transmuted from being a ‘Hallelujah boy’ to the undisputed cheerleader of a pack of wolves who are trying so hard to soil the president beyond redemption.
“It is certainly not a time to engage in blowing all the dog whistles at once in the irresponsible manner Gov Bala Mohammed did. For me, it didn’t come as a surprise because I had long ago, both in writing and on live TV, denounced him as a thug who speaks in the manner of thugs and understands only the language of thuggery.
“Just one example: My Alma Mater, the famous Bauchi Teachers College located right under his nose, now lies in ruins. Let him tell the world which of the hospitals in the state is fully functional and how many doctors he has employed. The list is endless.
“It is good that the world gets to know what we are up against in Bauchi State and the price we are paying for foisting a tasteless joke on the state and elevating a cavorting charlatan to the position of a Governor. Dignity still matters in public office and it’s unlikely that Gov Bala Mohammed will ever have it.
“Yet, his graver vice is cowardice, reflected in a willingness to lie to the public to please and appease, heedless of the inevitability of its contradiction an hour later and the consequences thereof. Right now, he has turned Bauchi state into a prison of mirrors where his revealed lies are answered with new lies.”
