BAUCHI ASSEMBLY CRISIS: 'Governor's Aid Behind Our Attack'- Law Makers

From Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi 

The deputy minority leader of the Bauchi state house of assembly, Baballe Abubakar Dambam representing Dambam/Dagauda/Jalam Constituency, has accused the adviser to the state governor, On State and National Assembly Liaison Alhaji Sani Mohammed Burra as a suspect behind their attack by hoodlooms over the lawmakers’ stance to change the speaker and other principal officers of the house.

Baballe in company of the lawmakers stated this on Monday evening in Bauchi, when he addressed a press conference at the guest house of the lawmakers in Bauchi.

He expressed concern over the unfortunate situation, saying," we suspected Sani Burra because the hoodlooms attacked us 30 minutes after he left us at the guest House. 

Baballe said the hoodlooms armed with dangerous weapons vandalized the guest house, smashing the glasses of windows and windscreens of the lawmakers vehicles and injured many.

He said, "even when we were in recess, we use to go to the house to carry out our normal legislative duties. We intended to go the house in the morning when we learned that the house of assembly is under siege of the security agents because we are standing for the people."

“We feel that whoever is behind this does not respect the law. We have every right as members of the state house of assembly to say what we said because we have immunity on the floor of the house, which is why we have passed a vote of no confidence on the speaker and all principal officers and we asked them to resign adding that they reported the matter to the security agencies for necessary action.

But on the contrary, adviser to the governor Mohammed Sani Burra, in an interview with reporters on Monday denied the allegation that he has a hand in their attack, describing the allegation as false. 

Burra said, he was at the guest Houre in the morning when he was invited by one of the lawmakers, and on going there he met all of them, greeted them and left.

Burra said he wish to make it abundantly clear that he is not aware or behind the purported attack.