Gov Dismisses Alleged Bauchi, Gombe Rift Over Oil Discovery

The Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed, yesterday, clarified there was no conflict between Bauchi and Gombe states over oil discovery in border communities in the states.
Some elders in Gombe had called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in a lingering tension between the two states over ownership of the oil wells.
But, Mohammed said at a function organised by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi to celebrate the 2019 Eid-el-Maulud in Bauchi that the story was not true.
The governor said: “As far as we are concerned, there is no conflict or tension between Bauchi and Gombe states over oil discovery in border communities of the two states.
“The two states remain the same entity, Gombe was carved out of Bauchi, and we are brothers and sisters, if the oil is discovered in any of the border communities, we are all the same.”
The governor pointed out that those insinuating the conflict were enemies of progress.
He appealed to participants at the Maulud to observe traffic rules, in order to avoid accidents during the event.