By Charly Agwam
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed said he expressed fear he could be sacked by the Supreme court like former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha after his opponent and predecessor, Muhammed Abubakar boasted that the court’s verdict will favour him.
The governor who was responding to questions from journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday said he was especially terrified by the overconfidence exhibited by his predecessor, so much so that he thought Abubakar had been given ‘assurance of victory by some top powers’.
His words: “To be honest, I was scared that the judgement might go the other way because of the overconfidence exhibited by Muhammed Abubakar. I thought he had been given some kind of assurance by some top powers. Though I have faith in the judiciary, I was scared.
Abubakar knows I won the election. There’s no way I could have rigged him out. He knows it. But I recognize that it’s his right to seek legal redress to any level as the…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
