Marwa escapes lynching at APC rally in Yola

By Dan Garba,Yola

Former Military Administrator of Lagos state and a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state, Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) escaped been lynched during the campaign rally of the party held Thursday in Yola. A former secretary of the party in the state, Saidu Naira revealed that Marwa escaped the beating of his life when he was whisked out of the venue of the event by security operatives attached to the President. According to Naira, the former Nigerian ambassador to South Africa during the regime of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan attracted the wrath of Adamawa youths when he refused to recognize and endorse Gov. Umar Jibrilla Bindo when he mounted the campaign podium to speak. He said that the former envoy forced the compere at the rally to break with protocol on the ground that he (Marwa) was representing the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari and should therefore be allowed to deliver the President’s wife message. Marwa offence, the former APC scribe said was his failure to shout “Adamawa sai Bindo” all because of his staunch support for Halilu Modi, the younger brother to the First Lady who contested against the incumbent governor for the APC ticket. “Marwa is one of the key men playing a major role to stop Gov. Bindo from becoming governor, pushing the state and the party into serious political crisis. On being given the opportunity to address the crowd, he should have used the chance to call for unity of purpose for the party to win all the forthcoming elections in the state,” Naira added. The youths, he said were chanting: “Karya ne! Karya ne,” “Bama sonka, kai muna fiki ne,” meaning they don’t like Marwa because of the hatred he has for Bindo. Marwa alongside the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and Marcus Gunduri had pitched tent with Mohammed Halilu (Modi) against Governor Bindow.