Governor Mohammed commends Supreme Court judgement, says ruling in Ihedioha’s case made him afraid

From: Ruth Yarnap

Bauchi state Governor ,Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has commended the judiciary for its verdict which he said led to his victory at the Supreme Court on Monday.

The Governor revealed this during an interactive session with newsmen at the Government House, Bauchi saying  that the court processes was a big distraction to his administration.

He said that he dedicated his victory to God and the people of the state adding  that his victory at the Supreme Court does not call for celebration, but was a time of sober reflection on how to make the state better.

According to him, “I again dedicate this victory to God and the people of Bauchi State irrespective of their political, social, religious or ethnic affiliations. I am humbled by what happened yesterday at the Supreme Court because the Court verdict was a clear manifestation of the will of the people”

” There is no winner in this case and as far as I am concerned, the loser is the poverty, saboteurs, lack of good education and anything that pulls the state backwards. This is not time to celebrate and dine, but to think of how to deliver Bauchi state from the shackles of poverty, insecurity and bad governance”.

Speaking on the Supreme Court judgement on the Imo State Governorship election, he said that the judgement was a very painful process for him as a PDP member who knows what former Governor Emeka Ihedioha stands for in democracy.

The Governor said,” I felt very bad what happened to Emeka Ihedioha because what befell him can happen to anybody. The judgement gave me fears for the first time, especially when I saw the confidence displayed by my opponent.The Court processes was a major distraction to my administration, but as painful as it was, I am ready to forgive” .

He disclosed  that he has laid an agenda for the state for the next four years by running a transparent Government, appealing to the people of the state to shun the act of praise singing as it is one of the causes of bad governance.