2023: Bala Mohammed Reveals Discussions With Wike, Makinde, Others

2023: Bala Mohammed Reveals Discussions With Wike, Makinde, Others

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, has stated that he has close ties to the disgruntled Peoples Democratic Party governors.

Mohammed stated this on Wednesday during a solidarity visit to Bauchi by the disgruntled governors, saying he conveyed his anxieties and concerns with the governors.

The governor hosted his colleagues from Rivers, Abia, Benue, and Enugu states—Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

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Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, was not there because he was supposed to be abroad of the country.

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The governors landed at Bauchi’s Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport in four chartered planes – 5N-BZS, 5N-RSG, 5N-AOO, and 5N-IZY – and were transported directly to the Presidential Lodge, popularly known as Ramat House.

During their encounter, Mohammed discussed the progress in the party’s state chapter as well as personal issues he had with the PDP flag bearer.

According to reliable sources, the governors would meet in Enugu on Saturday to witness the inauguration of the state PDP campaign council.

Mohammed is set to attend the conference in Enugu, where he will formally join the gang of disgruntled governors.

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A senior assistant to Governor Ortom told our correspondent that the five governors’ visit was solely to entice Mohammed to join them.

Addressing the media immediately before their meeting, the governors defined themselves as the party’s basis, adding that they were open to reconciliation.

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In response, Mohammed, who was full of appreciation to the governors for the visit, noted that he was with them but they “excommunicated” him.

He said, “I am supposed to be with them but they excommunicated me for reasons best known to them but I am highly connected to each and every one of them. There is hardly a day I don’t call or speak to one of them because in politics, you go with the people you share things in common with.

“This presidency (Presidential primaries) that we ran when my brother was defeated, who in turn defeated me, has brought us close and of course at the governors forum, we are very close. One thing I appreciate about them is that they look at your challenges. They are not going back for a second term but they are always worried about others.

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“Their own particular ideas, principles may be slightly different from mine, but certainly, I feel their pains as much as they feel my own pains. We share so much in common.”

Continuing, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory said the governors knew his challenges which he said include what he described as the treachery in the state chapter of the PDP.

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Mohammed said: “They know I have challenges in Bauchi, the challenges of anti-party, the challenges of undercutting, treachery and mischief. But of course, politics is about all these. And when you know that you have people of this stature and calibre behind you, you feel fulfilled.

“I’m happy they are here and I’ll have the opportunity of confiding in people that I believe I can confide in, some of my worries, fears, apprehensions and that of my state.

“So, I’m happy that you came because some of those things may not be said on the telephone, but to say that as PDP members from the same family, I always see you as fellow comrades in this journey of life. I thank you most sincerely for taking the trouble to come.”

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In a brief interview with journalists, Mohammed admitted that he wrote to the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyiorcha Ayu, to intimate him about the opposition to his second term ambition by some elements in the party.

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He said that the letter was written by the PDP family in Bauchi state in order to express their displeasure about the way things were going on with him and the state at large.

Mohammed said that in response to the letter, the national headquarters of the PDP directed him to meet and discuss with the presidential flag bearer of the party, in order to find an amicable resolution to the problem.

The governor, however, did not disclose whether he reconciled with Atiku, adding that they discussed “extensively.”

Mohammed stated, “It is no longer news that I wrote a letter to the party on my position in Bauchi; what I have found out to be working against me as a leader and as a first term governor going for my second term.

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“I wrote it with all honesty and sincerity and with a deep sense of humility and that was why the party invited me to go and discuss with the flag bearer of the PDP and leader, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and we discussed extensively and I have gotten some explanations.

“The letter I wrote was not only written by me, it was written by the PDP family in Bauchi and the government of Bauchi and that was why I was there and we discussed extensively.”

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When asked if he had decided to join the Wike campaign, the ex-FCT minister said, “As for the G-5 Governors, I usually joke with them that I am a G-1, but I am inextricably linked with them.”
We’ve always been together, as you know: governors Wike, Ortom, Ugwuanyi, and Ikpeazu have all been here multiple times, and I’ve been with them all of them.

“I think these are some of the takeaways I have as a governor, having friends for life. So, I am everywhere, but of course, it doesn’t mean that I am nowhere.”

 

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