As we move closer to the 2023 general election, politicians are heating up the polities with allegations and questionable statements, regarding the credibility of each of the major political parties in the country and their political members....CONTINUE READING
Recently, speaking at the flag-off of Oyigbo-Okoloma Road in Oyigbo Local Government Area on Wednesday, the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has raised allegations that points, logically, towards the governors if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In his speech, Senator Iyorchia Ayu raised two logical allegations that the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), may need to address, to show that the party is not what it is being called by Senator Iyorchia Ayu who is the National Chairman of the main opposition party in the country, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
1 A Serving Governor Abandoned His State and Made No Effort To Develop The State
The National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, gas alleged that “the other party, the governors take power as a joke. How on earth can a governor leave his state and become a party chairman and live in Abuja without making any effort to develop his state? I believe such action does not take into recognition the people who laboured to elect such a governor.
Remarkably, Yobe State Governor, MI Mala Buni, was elected as the Executive Governor of the state in 2019. Following the removal of Comrade Adams Oshiomole as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni was appointed as the Caretaker Chairman of the party.
Logically, Iyorchia Ayu must be referring to the Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni in the above excerpt. However, the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), may need to respond to the allegation that the accused governor is leaving the state undeveloped or it is just a mere political propaganda.
2 A State Governor Hides N19 Billion Into His Bank Account
Iyorchia Ayu, speaking further, stated that “how can a governor of a state take N19bn and go and hide in a bank account, in a state where he has not paid salaries.”
Remarkably, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently dragged issue with the Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on am alleged diversion of about N19 billion. Although, the case has not been fully established, but the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), may need to categorically clarify issues on the allegation that Governor Yahaya Bello has diverted the public fund up to the tune of N19 billion, even as the state was quoted to have been owing civil servants backlog of unpaid salary arrears.
