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  • Yuguda sacks 2,000 aides

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda yesterday sacked some of his over 2,000 political aides.

    But the governor retained a few others on essential services.

    In a statement in Bauchi by the Permanent Secretary (Political Affairs), Hashimu Yakubi, the government said the sack was with immediate effect.

    The statement added: “…Governor Yuguda has approved the disengagement of all special advisers (with the exception of the special adviser, Due Process).”

    The statement explained that those affected included “all senior special assistants, special assistants and personal assistants (with the exception of those who work directly under the governor or the deputy governor)”.

     

  • Yuguda sacks political aides

    Yuguda sacks political aides

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda on Tuesday disengaged most of his over two thousand political aides.

    He has, however, retained very few on essential services.

    In a press statement by Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs Hashimu Yakubi, the sacking of all Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Personal Assistants is with immediate effect.

    According to the Permanent Secretary,” the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda has approved the disengagement of all Special Advisers (with the exception of the Special Adviser, Due Process)”.
    Also, sacked are “all Senior Special Assistants; Special Assistants and Personal Assistants (with the exception of those who work directly under His Excellency the Executive Governor or the Deputy Governor)”.

    The statement added that the affected officers are requested to hand-over government property in their possession to heads of organizations where they served.

    Yuguda also expressed his appreciation to the political appointees who have been disengaged for their contributions to the development of Bauchi State in their various capacities and wishes them the best in their future endeavours.

     

  • Agbaje, Shekarau, Yuguda, George, lose at polling units

    Agbaje, Shekarau, Yuguda, George, lose at polling units

    Many heavyweights lost at their polling units in yesterday’s governorship and state assembly elections.

    Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate Jimi Agbaje failed to deliver his Apapa polling unit where his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent Akinwunmi Ambode polled 124 votes to his 88 votes. He similarly failed to deliver in the presidential ballot.

    Former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP Chief Olabode George lost at his polling unit on Lagos Island. His party polled 87 to APC’s 137 in the governorship election.

    Borno State PDP governorship candidate Gambo Lawan lost to the APC candidate and Governor Kashim Shettima in Mobbar local government area in the northern part of the state.

    Shettima secured 118 votes to Lawan’s nine votes at Kareto Dispensary polling unit of Kareto ward.

    The election was held at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Studies, one of the 20 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri.

    Mobbar, which shares border with parts of Niger Republic, is one of the local government areas sacked by Boko Haram. Residents of the council voted at the IDP camp where they have been staying in the last five months.

    The PDP candidate scored zero to Shettima’s 196 at Shettimari polling unit in Lawan Bukar, Lamisula ward, where the governor voted.

    Minister of Education and former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau lost in his polling unit. The APC won 164 to PDP’s 78.

    Minister of National Planning Dr. Sulyman Abubakar also lost his polling unit 006 Ajikobi ward in Ilorin where his party the PDP won 56 votes to APC’s 291.

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda yesterday in Bauchi again failed to deliver his polling unit at Baba Side Primary School on Ran Road in Bauchi metropolis to the PDP.  In the presidential poll, Yuguda lost in the same polling unit.

    Former Edo State Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, who recently defected to the APC lost at his polling unit to the PDP House of Assembly election.

    The APC polled 24 votes against 139 votes garnered by the PDP at Unit six Ward six, Iruekpen in Esan West local government area where he voted.

    But the APC National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun secured victory for the APC at his Unit one Ward two polling unit in Oredo Local Government Area.it was the first time he was winning at the polling unit since 1999.

    The APC polled 54 votes to defeat the PDP which secured 48 votes at Unit one for the Oredo East Constituency seat in the Edo State House of Assembly.

    In unit two, the APC candidate, Chris Okaeben polled 49 votes to defeat the PDP candidates, Mr Uyi Ogbemudia who scored 43 votes.

    Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo again won his polling unit for the APC in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ogun State. At polling unit 22, Ward II in Abeokuta North Local Government area, , APC governorship candidate. Ibikunle Amosun polled 95 votes to defeat his PPD opponent Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka who scored four votes.

    The SDP candidate Senator Akin Odunsi got two votes.

    In the House Assembly results, the APC again got 85 votes, while the PDP and SDP got 8 and 14 votes.

  • Yuguda loses Bauchi South senatorial bid

    Yuguda loses Bauchi South senatorial bid

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has lost his bid to represent Bauchi South Senatorial zone in the last Saturday’s  Senate election.He was floored  in a landslide defeat  by Mr. Ali Wakili, a retired Comptroller of Customs.

    The Bauchi South Senatorial zone is made up Alkaleri, Bauchi, Bogoro, Dass, Kirfi,Tafawa Balewa and Toro local government areas.

    Yuguda contested on the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP]  platform and Mr. Ali Wakili contested on All Progressive Congress (APC).

    Announcing  the results at Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], the Collating Officer and Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi,  Dr Shuibu Musa, declared that  the APC candidate Ali Wakili  polled 341, 708 votes  to floor incumbent PDP candidate Governor Yuguda with 115, 575 votes.

    Yuguda lost to Wakili in all the  seven local governments in  the Bauchi South Senatorial zone.

    A breakdown of the results showed  that Wakili scored 134, 528 votes in Bauchi Local Government Area where Yuguda hails from, by a wide margin.  Yuguda struggled to get 23, 945 in Bauchi.

    In Dass Local Government Area, Yuguda scored 11, 923 and Wakili won 17, 009 to win in the smallest local government council in Nigeria.

    Yuguda  also lost in Toro Local Government Area by  30, 401 votes to Wakili’s 73, 033 votes.

    In Tafawa Balewa,the most embattled local government council in the state where Wakili comes from, Yuguda coasted home with  23, 519 votes as against 40, 147 votes scored by the former Customs chieftain.

    Total votes bagged  by Wakili in other four local government governments are 264, 777 and  Yuguda 89, 788.

  • Yuguda yet to know fate

    Yuguda yet to know fate

    THE fate of Bauchi State Governor Mallam Isa Yuguda is hanging in the balance in his bid for the Senate.

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Bauchi South, Ali Wakili,  is his opponent.

    The results from four local government areas out of seven in the zone showed that the APC candidate has polled 264,777 votes to Yuguda’s 89,788 votes.

    The local government areas are Bauchi, Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Toro.  The results from  Alkaleri, Bogoro and Kirfi are being expected.

  • Yuguda plots cancellation of election in Bauchi- APC

    The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has alleged a plot by Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State to call for the cancellation of Saturday’s election and to provoke a state of emergency in the state.

    A press statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the APCPCO noted that intelligence report at its disposal indicates that the Bauchi State governor is in the process of manufacturing crises across the state so as to give an impression that elections across the state which put the APC in clear lead in all layers of election was inconclusive and therefore call for an outright cancellation of all the elections held on Saturday in Bauchi State.

     “We have it on good authority that Governor Yuguda is planning to engineer violence across Bauchi State in order for him to provoke a state of emergency so that elections across the state which put the APC in strong lead in the state would be seen to have been marred by violence.

    “We make bold to state that this plot by the Bauchi State governor to write off the electoral wishes of the people is anti-democratic, pernicious, subversive and absolutely unacceptable.

    “In the light of this development we call on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be railroaded by the Governor Yuguda and all other anti-democratic forces into taken actions that may jeopardise the tranquillity we have so far enjoyed in the course of this election.

    “We, however, call on the teeming supporters of the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari in Bauchi State and across the country to be abreast of this development and never fall for the demonic plot to write off their franchise as clearly expressed in the Saturday, March 28 Presidential and National Assembly Election. We urge them to be resolute, vigilant, peaceful and law abiding,” the statement signed by Mallam Garba Shehu in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday, March 29 stated.

  • Yuguda’s silence worries Presidency

    Yuguda’s silence worries Presidency

    The alleged lukewarm attitude of Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State to the PDP presidential campaign is giving the Presidency some goose pimples.

    The governor reportedly got into the bad books of the powers that be following his statement accusing some PDP members for being behind the stoning of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign convoy in Bauchi State some weeks ago.

    As a result of the Presidency’s cold attitude towards Yuguda, sources say the governor has tactically distanced himself from his party’s campaign, a development many are attributing to his disenchantment to the ruling party.

  • Yuguda, Mohammed still at daggers drawn

    Yuguda, Mohammed still at daggers drawn

    The lingering personality war between Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and Bala Mohammed, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is giving many stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state some serious concern, sources have revealed.

    And if things remain the same before the next governorship election, there are fears that the ruling PDP’s hold on the state may be halted by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Once close political associates, the minister served as a Special Assistant to Yuguda during the latter’s stint as a minister under the Olusegun Obasanjo-led government. Mohammed’s appointment as minister by President Goodluck Jonathan and his alleged subterranean moves to create a political niche for himself is believed to be the crux of their disagreement.

  • Yuguda to support INEC

    Yuguda to support INEC

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his government will provide the needed support to  perform its constitutional duties.

    He said Bauchi is enjoying relative peace because it has invested in security matters. The governor  urged other states to emulate his state.

    Yuguda, who was speaking while receiving the new Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Hamman Tukur Sa’ad, at the Government House, hailed the commission for distributing 84 per cent Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in the state, describing the achievement as unprecedented.

    He, however, complained that some communities in Toro Local Government were yet to access their PVCs due to some challenges.

    The governor appealed to the REC to créate a level  playing ground for political parties and their candidates, in compelíance with the electoral process.

    Earlier, the REC assured the people of the commission’s readiness  to conduct free, fair and credible elections.

    Sa’ad, a Professor of Archetecture, former  Resident Commissioner in  Borno State, also allayed fears over the polls. “I conducted elections in Borno in 2011 and when I was leaving the state, all political parties and stakeholders were happy that  I gave everyone a level-playing field,” he said.

    Sa’ad said he appreciates his new posting to Bauchi State and that he will abide by the oath of  office he Took and make sure that no one is shortchanged in the forthcoming general elections.

    He solicited for the support and cooperation  of the people and government of Bauchi State, to  “ensure that the elections are  not only credible but violence free.”

  • ‘Yuguda will ensure PDP’s success in Bauchi’

    ‘Yuguda will ensure PDP’s success in Bauchi’

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda’s media aide Mallam Danlami Takko has said the governor will use his political structure to ensure the success of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

    Takko, who is the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the governor, told reporters in Bauchi, the state capital that Yuguda would “battle fiercely“ in a bid to ensure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost votes in the state.

    “Mallam Isa Yugua is a force to be reckoned with. We also expect that Malam Isa Yuguda will use his political machinery, use his manoeuvres, and use his tactful strategy in seeing that PDP wins in Bauchi State.

    “This i am sure, like any other indigene of Bauchi state that whatever Mallam Yuguda set his mind to do, the man does it with all his might.

    “So. with Yuguda as the leader of PDP in Bauchi State, we should expect a fierce battle, “Takko said.

    He said Yuguda has established himself as the kingpin and the Godfather of Bauchi politics, adding that he has holds sway to a strong political structure in the state.

    “Mallam  Yuguda has established himself as the kingpin of Bauchi politics and he has established himself as the Godfather of Bauchi politics.

    “He is selling PDP and Mr President  in all the nuke and corners of Bauchi State and he does this successfully because he is on the ground.

    “Instead of the Abuja-based politicians from the state to adopt such policies, they resort to instigating and sponsoring youths to embarrass Mr President during his Presidential Campain rally in Bauchi. It is really unfortunate, “ he said.

    Takko refuted, Senator Bala Mohammed’s claim in Yuguda is an APC agent, describing the allegation as baseless.

    “If he has any proof that  Yuguda is romancing with the APC he should bring it forward, but as far as the world is concerned, and as far as Mallam Yuguda is concerned, it is the FCT minister that is romancing with APC.