Group urges assembly to investigate, impeach Abubakar over financial crime

A group known as Bauchi Coalition Against Financial Crime And Injustice, BA­CAFCI has urged the state house of assembly to toe the path of honour and investi­gate the state governor, Mo­hammed Abubakar over an alleged financial crime

This was just as it has also charged the lawmak­ers not to hesitate in im­peaching the governor, say­ing Abubakar’s excesses are impeachable offences

The demand of the group was contained in an open letter addressed to the. State house of assem­bly, titled: “Why Governor Mohammed Abubakar should be investigated” , a copy of which was made available to National Mir­ror in Bauchi

The group in a petition which was signed by its Pres­ident of the Group , Abuba­kar Dogon Yaro Bibi and the General Secretary, Yakubu Alhaji Jibrin said the docu­ment should serve as a peti­tion to the EFCC and ICPC

“If the assembly mem­bers are not aware of the governor’s financial crime, it is high time for them to start action for proper investiga­tion to unravel the current debacle and days of doom awaiting the state in near fu­ture,” said the coalition

The coalition had urged the governor to make the record straight as to how the administration utilizes president Buhari’s bailout fund which he initially de­scribed as a mirage in an interview with a national daily (not National Mirror)

Similarly, the governor was urged to provide relat­ed evidence of approval by the executive council via the state assembly of loan facility of N4 billion he re­ceived saying the loan was taken without approval from executive council and the state assembly .

The group also want the governor to explain an allege depletion of the 20 LGA’s to the tune of N17,570,203,162.42 since he assumed office as it said only staff salaries are be­ing paid and no develop­ment have taken place in the local government areas.

The coalition further cautioned the governor over his approval of N3 million to the office of the first lady saying that does not exist under APC ad­ministration while charg­ing EFCC to hurriedly in­vestigate the governor for awarding 4km, (N6 bn) and 20km( N4bn) roads say­ing the roads are awarded without the executive coun­cil in place saying this con­travened the constitution.

It maintained that as con­cerned citizens determined to protect people’s interest, it will not fold its arms watch­ing how colossal amount are squandered even when the masses are subjected to poverty with the present economic doldrum

It therefore urged the an­ti-graft agencies to wake- up in support of the president’s renewed commitment to fight the scourges of cor­ruption by bringing to book Governor Abubakar.

In his reaction , Abuba­kar’ Special Adviser on Me­dia, Yukubu Ibn Moham­med said , the N4 billion loan facility obtained by the new administration of APC was approved by the Bauchi state 7th assembly even before the inaugura­tion of the administration

He added that the issue of the loan was done in good fate to meet certain perti­nent needs of the people wor­ried by the deplorable decay in most of the sectors of the economy marred by the PDP

He stand the ground that government would ju­diciously utilizes the loan in accordance with the am­bit of financial regulations to ensure accountability and prudence