Lame, Jibrin unskilled politicians – Labaran

The Bauchi state government has described Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu Lame and Alhaji Bala Jibrin as ‘unskilled politicians’, following their recent comments over the APC governorship primaries that were held in the state recently.

A political adviser to Governor Mohammed Abubakar, Kawu Labaran who also described Alhaji Lame and Captain Bala Jibrin as wounded Lions said they cannot speak for the APC in the state.

Labaran said in a press release in Bauchi on Wednesday that, “the Bauchi State Government is compelled to react to the text of a press conference jointly addressed on Wednesday, 7th of November 2018 by two unskilled politicians, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu Lame and Alhaji Bala Jibrin, both yet to come to reality with the fact that power, any power, comes from God”.

“Since the APC primaries to select candidates that will fly the party’s flag in the 2019 general elections in which Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu Lame and Alhaji Bala Jibrin lost their bid to take the gubernatorial ticket, these two have ran from pillar to post to upturn the popular will of the party faithfuls.

They even went to the Aso Rock villa where Mr. President pointedly told them to channel their gubernatorial grievances to the appropriate party leadership”, the political adviser added.

Alhaji Lame and Alhaji Jibrin appeared not to be satisfied with that kind of response.

Labaran who described as frivolous all the allegations made in their address to journalists maintained that Bauchi State Government under Abubakar strongly believes in constituted authority.

He said, according to existing laws, which the two politicians appear not to have respect for, candidates duly nominated are submitted to INEC by the political parties.

“In the case of Bauchi State, the gubernatorial candidate that was duly nominated to fly APC’s flag in 2019 is Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar and that has been fully acknowledged by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC”, Lamaran pointed out.

He stressed that “for the avoidance of doubt, some of the processes of the 2019 Bauchi gubernatorial primary election were dictated by the two politicians.

They were the ones who insisted that “direct” primary election must be held even after the state party stakeholders had agreed on delegates’ election and had endorsed Governor Mohammed A. Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari”.

The release further said that “but when the results came out and they realized that they were not in touch with the voters and party members, they resorted to cheap blackmail with the sole aim of rocking the boat.

Their plot has been exposed and ultimately the decision of who occupies the Bauchi Government House is solely that of voter, the common man whose life the administration of Governor Abubakar has in the last three years touched positively”.