Governor of Bauchi State Bala Mohammed has replied to threats from Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike by saying that Bauchi has sufficient resources to tackle any difficulties.
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors who supported Rivers State’s governor, Siminalayi Fubara, with whom Wike had been at war for months, had received threats from Wike to “put fire” in their states.
At a recent PDP congress in Rivers, Wike threatened to reprimand fellow party governors for meddling in Rivers state matters and hinted at dire repercussions for those who supported Fubara.
In a response delivered while hosting members of the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Bauchi on Tuesday, September 17, he said; “We are together; nobody can put fire in Bauchi. We have volumes of water that will quench the fire – even my friend (Wike) that said so, it is because he is annoyed. But it is not personal.
“My friend is my friend, and my job is my job, leadership is leadership. This unsolicited visit by the NWC shows that in Nigeria, we have hope, and we are connected by the value and the stability of PDP for peace and stability in our party and in our country.
“Yes, none of the parties is isolated in terms of crisis here and there. Crises are there, that is why leadership is also there. That is why we have to take the bull by the horn to discuss and look at the constitution of our party PDP.
“All the parties must do things by the rule of law. We must respect people, we must put our interest aside, we must respect our diversity, we must meet and close ranks especially when the issue has to do with our party, the PDP.
“Our party has pedigree and most of the development in this country was done by the PDP. When PDP left, nothing was done.”
A Gentle Reminder: Every obstacle is a stepping stone, every morning; a chance to go again, and those little steps take you closer to your dream.
Nnamdi Okoli
A Gentle Reminder: Every obstacle is a stepping stone, every morning; a chance to go again, and those little steps take you closer to your dream.
Nnamdi Okoli