Panel Lied Against Ex-Bauchi Gov Abubakar – Aide

Spokesperson of Mohammed Abubakar, the former Governor of Bauchi State, Ali M. Ali, has reacted to the allegation that his principal and predecessor, Isa Yuguda siphoned the sum of N1 trillion during their administrations, saying that the committee panel lied against his principal.
Recall that the Asset Recovery Committee instituted by the incumbent Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed alledged that former governors, Abubakar and Isa Yuguda looted the sum of N1trillion belonging to the state during thier tenures.
The media aide to Abubakar in a press release issued to newsmen yesterday in Bauchi, described the latest allegation as a baseless joke.
“Our attention has been drawn to the latest joke by the Bauchi State Government Assets Recovery Committee set up by the incumbent governor, Senator Bala Mohammed to the effect that our principal and former governor, M.A Abubakar and associates are to refund over a trillion naira looted away under his watch.
“We recall that the fantastic claims during its first news conference on October 2nd, 2019 in which it maligned Abubakar without facts. It brazenly distorted facts, misrepresented documented accounts and even manufactured their own version of history.
“The timing of the press conference then was strategic as it was only a few days to the verdict of the Tribunal of Bauchi State Governorship tussle.
“This latest charge is as laughable as it is diversionary. The first time, Abubakar was charged of not accounting for N321, 460,759,880.34, being Statutory Allocations to the state between May 2015 to May 2019.
“Now it has jumped to trillion. Faced with the daunting task of leadership and lacking in financial discipline, the Bauchi state government is trying to divert attention from its glaring mismanagement of lean resources in the pursuit of vanity and personal aggrandizement.
“The government is looking for a fall guy and MA Abubakar is not that guy. We wish to restate here that MA Abubakar is innocent of all these allegations, we challenge them to provide proof of his misdeeds.
“As chief executive of the state, he took his oath of office seriously and never abused his office knowingly. As a lawyer of repute, he worked by the book. At no time was he a party to any of the breaches alleged by the committee”, the statement read.