Speaker Dogara’s re-election slap on Bauchi Gov’s face – Ex Senate Leader

Samuel Luka, Bauchi

The former Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi has described the victory of Speaker Yakubu Dogara as a slap on the face of Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State. The former Deputy Senate Leader stated this while reacting to Dogara’s victory in an interview with journalists on Monday. Senator Ningi, who is the Director-General of the PDP Campaign Council in Bauchi State, maintained that the Speaker’s victory was a slap on Governor Abubakar who failed in his bid to stop the Speaker from winning the election. According to him, “there is nothing that Governor Mohammed Abubakar has not done to stop Dogara. This is a victory for democracy and a testimony of the dividends of democracy that the Speaker has brought to his people”. “If you are asking of federal government projects, the only place you will see visible projects in Bauchi State is in Dogara’s constituency. Beyond ethnic and religious boundaries, Dogara is an exceptional politician. His victory is a slap in Mohammed Abubakar because there is nothing he didn’t do to stop him”. Ningi said. He has opened a clear window that the PDP will take the state because according to Ningi “we have seen how federal and state might come to bear to stop Dogara’s victory but didn’t work. This is a possibility that, come March 9, we will take over Bauchi state” The returning officer, Prof Mahmoud Abdulhamid had while spelling out the election results on Sunday said that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abubakar Dalhatu Kantana polled a total of 50,705 while Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) scored a total of 73,609 to emerge winner. On the forthcoming governorship in the state, Ningi expressed lack of confidence in the security agencies. “As far as l am concern, the security agencies in the state have compromised by the Chief Security officer of the state who is a candidate doing a lot of things to intimidate opponents. It is shameful.”