By; MOHAMMED KAWU, Bauchi
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has denied having any rift with the Presidential candidate of his party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar whom, he described, as a father and leader in the Northwest geo-political zone of the country.
He told the crowded Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (ATBS) Bauchi, venue of the empowerment packages distribution provided by his wife, Hajiya Aisha Bala Mohammed to over 3, 000 women, that the insinuation against him in relation to Atiku Abubakar are mere lies and pigment of imaginations.
“There are some liars, the Abuja politicians who have become like fishes that have found themselves in a dry land because the water has dried up on them. We are not in politics because of materialism, we don’t do anti-party activity, we don’t support one and leave the other”, the governor said.
“Our mother, Titi Atiku Abubakar, today I want to assure you that it is a blatant lie from people that are saying Iam not with Atiku, it’s a lie, if there is any other person to whom I said that I’m not with Atiku Abubakar, let him come out to say it publicly that I utter such words”, Bala said.
The Governor challenged any one with prove that he has told him that he is not with Atiku to come forward and prove to the world, “If there is any body that I have ever told him, whether in secret or in the open that I am not with Atiku Abubakar should come out and say it”, the said.
Governor Bala Mohammed who asked Mrs. Titi Atiku to inform her husband that he is solidly behind him for the sake of God, explained that he is into real politics and not a joke.
“We are doing real politics and not after material things, we are not doing politics of anti-party or staying in Abuja, we are always grateful to Allah because we ride on the back of the PDP to become what we are today”, the Governor said.
“So like you have said, we have done many of this empowerment and other developmental projects that have direct bearings in the lives of our people”, he added.
Governor Bala therefore assured Nigerian women that with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as president and his wife Titi as first lady, more dividends of democracy will come their way.
