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Infoguy666: 12:31am On Jan 29
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has alleged that Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, knelt before the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in 2018 to secure funds for his governorship campaign, News360 Nigeria reports.

Dogara made the claim while addressing ers, stating that the former Rivers State Governor played a pivotal role in Mohammed’s political rise.

According to Dogara, Wike instructed a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Dan Osi Orbih, to ensure Mohammed secured the PDP governorship ticket for Bauchi State.

The former Speaker, in a statement, on Tuesday, said that he would be a coward “as someone who knows so much because I was the provocateur of the events between the two that I will speak to, I consider my silence not just cowardice but complicity.”

According to him, “I need to remind Governor Bala Mohammed that in 2018 PDP gubernatorial primaries when we were not too sure he will win because, his then major opponent, Senator Abdul Ningi was the one who constituted the State party structure and had a bosom friend as Party chairman, it was Wike we turned to for help.

“I had called Wike to plead with him to help us in Bauchi without necessarily disclosing to him that it was Bala Mohammed that we wanted delivered. His response to me was that are you sure you are in control of the process 100 percent? I said, I wasn’t too sure and he said to me leave it to me, I will help you sort it out.

“To do it, Wike first of all made his bosom friend and close ally, Chief Dan Osi Orbih the Chairman of the for the primaries and said I should discuss whatever I wanted with Chief Dan. We got talking and on the eve of the primaries, Chief Dan was in Benin city and we needed to get him to Bauchi for the assignment.

“It was to Wike that I turned to again and his response to me was, my brother, I have told you not to bother about this. Tell Chief Dan to come to meet me in Port Harcourt. I did just that and amazingly Wike provided the private jet that flew Chief Dan to Bauchi and out of Bauchi for the assignment.

“I can say without fear of any contradiction that Wike bore all expenses for the exercise. It’s therefore shocking that this so-called transactional character called Wike did not place any condition whatsoever for his ,” he said.

Dogara said that after the emergence of Mohammed as the party flag bearer and having promised to sponsor all the party candidates if he gets the ticket, “we were rudely awoken to the reality that Bala Mohammed had no money for his own campaigns let alone for other candidates of the party.

“Initially I thought it was some kind of a funny joke but as time went by, I realised to my utter bewilderment that it was true. It turned out Bala Mohammed had lied to us about his financial capacity.”

“To cut the long story short, we ed the night at the Government house and the next morning Wike called and directed that his cash assistance be handed over to me to to Bala. I said, your Excellency, it’s better I call him so that he can collect the assistance himself lest he thinks you are still angry with him.

“I sent for Bala and when he came Wike’s aide handed over the package to him and he collected it while almost kissing the ground. Wike therefore gave us the lifeline we needed to kick start Bala’s campaigns. If Bala has forgotten how much we left with that day, I will remind him.

“Wike didn’t stop there, he gave us a private jet to ferry us back to Abuja. And I must add that was not the only time Wike helped Bala with resources and logistics.

“What is baffling is that the so-called transactional Wike did not demand for anything in return nor place any condition for all that he did. Believe me this is not the end of the story but let’s leave it here.”

https://news360ng.com/how-bala-mohammed-knelt-before-wike-for-campaign-funds-in-2018-dogara-reveals/

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yarimo(m): 12:41am On Jan 29
Since bala Muhammed was exposed for trying to use FUBARA to oil his 2027 presidential ambition with rivers state resources in the name of against WIKE, the ungrateful Bauchi state governor has gone mad attacking anything attackable 😆😆

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fuckJones(f): 4:57am On Jan 29
wike is a good man

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DEROX: 5:05am On Jan 29
To young aspirants for ission avoid Madonna university

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Henix(m): 5:06am On Jan 29
fuckJones:
wike is a good man

A good man who was busy sharing Rivers state money

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Nonybb: 5:06am On Jan 29
Look at Dogara, an inconsequential conquered ethnic minority by the ravaging Muslim North of Bauchi. He was against the MUslim-MUslim ticket (MU-MU ticket) until Tinubu oiled his palm. A very disgruntled career politician

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SpaceX: 5:07am On Jan 29
Bala lied to both dogara and wike, there is no way Bala couldn't sponsor his campaign! They fell for it...

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ayoola2002(m): 5:08am On Jan 29
DEROX:
To young aspirants for ission avoid Madonna university

Really? any proof to justify that?




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magoo10(m): 5:11am On Jan 29
Corruption has progressed to a more dangerous stage where politicians can openly boast of using states resources to fund elections .

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fasterwell(m): 5:13am On Jan 29
List of states Wike spent reverse money on are
Bauchi
Benue
Edo
Ekiti

Yet bauchi and edo beneficial rest in betrayed him

Nigerian politicians can be very desperate. Imagine flying a huge amount of money in a helicopter to ekiti state to help his party win election yet they lost and all the money gone

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emkz: 5:13am On Jan 29
There are several issues here:

1. Wike influenced the appointment of his ally Dan Orbih to "influence" the Bauchi PDP governorship primaries. He even supplied private jet to airlift Dan Orbih from Port Harcourt to Bauchi.

2. Wike provided funds for Bala's elections. Where did the funds come from? I think this implicates Wike badly.

3. Bala Mohammed is unreliable and vindictive.

It is strange that a state governor can just spend state funds sponsoring elections elsewhere.

State money is the people's money. It is not for doing father Christmas. Wike owes Rivers people ability of how he spent their funds on political matters.

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kedeojo(m): 5:14am On Jan 29
yarimo:
Since bala Muhammed was exposed for trying to use FUBARA to oil his 2027 presidential ambition with rivers state resources in the name of against WIKE, the ungrateful Bauchi state governor has gone mad attacking anything attackable 😆😆
This are the reasons why Wike will continue to be relevant in pdp. Just like Tinubu does in able to have control over Apc till he became the party flag bearer. Wike may not have won the primaries but nobody can push him over in pdp. Bala just wanted to cash on Fubara for his presidential ambition. By now Fubara should understand better. Dogara is likely to challenge bala candidate for 2027 pdp primaries and he will win cos Wike still control the national body. Very soon the political fire will start in bauchi state.

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Agricmoney(m): 5:14am On Jan 29
politics.

Anyway, Agriculture is life
BluntCrazeMan: 5:16am On Jan 29
Habbaa.!!

**Meanwhile..

ABOUT THE FUTURE ELECTIONS...

We cannot just continue to be participating in future elections -- if WE don't first-of-all force the INEC (Through Court Orders) to always ensure that ALL their Collation-Officers make use of the “BVAS-Machines” to settle ALL the Disputes that are raised by the party-agents and accredited observers before them.
(No matter at what Level Of Collation the disputes were raised).


The Collation Officers are bound by the Electoral Act to settle such disputes that were raised at their collation centers..
And there are penalties for Collation Officers who refused to do due diligence during Collation..

We cannot continue to be participating and voting in elections where the Collation Officers would continue to treat us like filthy rags every time..

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Kaycee9242(m): 5:16am On Jan 29
DEROX:
To young aspirants for ission avoid Madonna university

Why what happened to the school
Inspirer1: 5:19am On Jan 29
The people did not decide, democracy within political parties and during general elections seems not decided by the majority of the people.

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sulakishop(m): 5:21am On Jan 29
Politics is a dirty game... People quickly forget when they were nobody

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Lifestone(m): 5:21am On Jan 29
fuckJones:
wike is a good man
How is Wike sharing River State money like a drunken Sailor make him a good Man? How is he a good man, using money meant for those Primary Healthcare Centers in Rivers State to fund Elections in Bauchi. He's not a good Man, he is not.

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Hisroyalbeat(m): 5:22am On Jan 29
kedeojo:
This are the reasons why Wike will continue to be relevant in pdp. Just like Tinubu does in able to have control over Apc till he became the party flag bearer. Wike may not have won the primaries but nobody can push him over in pdp. Bala just wanted to cash on Fubara for his presidential ambition. By now Fubara should understand better. Dogara is likely to challenge bala candidate for 2027 pdp primaries and he will win cos Wike still control the national body.
Wike became powerful in PDP out of Providence,When PDP lost the presidential election, The party was shell shocked,It was NEW that gathered what was left and rallied round the country to sustain the party,

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Splashme: 5:23am On Jan 29
So what?

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Lifestone(m): 5:26am On Jan 29
SpaceX:
Bala lied to both dogara and wike, there is no way Bala couldn't sponsor his campaign! They fell for it...
Bro, the guy was very BROKE then for a Governorship campaign. He was being chased around by EFCC. I was shocked he got the ticket then, now I know
.

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Inspirer1: 5:26am On Jan 29
fasterwell:
List of states Wike spent reverse money on are
Bauchi
Benue
Edo
Ekiti

Yet bauchi and edo beneficial rest in betrayed him

Nigerian politicians can be very desperate. Imagine flying a huge amount of money in a helicopter to ekiti state to help his party win election yet they lost and all the money gone
AMI3(m): 5:34am On Jan 29
ayoola2002:


Really? any proof to justify that?




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mytime24(f): 5:35am On Jan 29
Looters
fuckJones(f): 5:37am On Jan 29
Henix:


A good man who was busy sharing Rivers state money
what of the one that use sate allocation for family business?

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Maxymilliano(m): 5:37am On Jan 29
Dogara is gradually becoming a meddlesome interloper.

What's his business with the current rancour between Wike And Bala Muhammed

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humberjade: 5:40am On Jan 29
Using State's funds. cheesy

Thief carry am, thief collect am.


While no naija politician's hands are clean, I have upmost respect for Wike, there is no dull moment with him when it comes to delivering on infrastructure for the people he governs. If all past and current Governors and President's are like him, Nigeria won't be dealing with this gargantuan infrastructural deficits we currently have.
Fiscus105(m): 5:41am On Jan 29
Going by the story Dogora narrated up there, Wike did acadabra to secure ticket for Bala.

No wonder evil people keep on leading every organ of government.
Nwaokunkpara: 5:44am On Jan 29
So where did wike got the money to bankroll him?

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DEROX: 5:44am On Jan 29
Kaycee9242:


Why what happened to the school
Go there experience is the best teacher

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Proudlyngwa(m): 5:46am On Jan 29
Maxymilliano:
Dogara is gradually becoming a meddlesome interloper.

What's his business with the current rancour between Wike And Bala Muhammed

Did you read the article at all

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