"..............Every onlooker is either a TRAITOR or a COWARD.........!"-Franz Fannon Recent unfortunate events unfolding especially amongst senior citizens and supposedly leaders of thought in the polity as they affect Bauchi State within the last couple of weeks is, to say the least, unfortunate and an ill wind that will blow no one - certainly not even the antagonists - any good. This informs our decision to come out in the open, place the blame where it rightfully belongs in support of the search for an amicable resolution. We resolved to come out in the open and call a spade a spade no matter whose ox is gored so that the culprit may take advantage of the opportunity to exorcise himself of the demons currently sitting pretty in his person, own up to his faults, apologize to those he has aggrieved and allow our State to continue in peace and harmony. Sitting on the fence at this critical point in our collective lives and history both as a people and as a geographical expression is certainly not an option any more....

1. LEAGUE OF PATROTS - BAUCHI
STATE DECONSTRUCTI NG ISA YUG
UDA
February 03 2015 6:05
"..............Every onlooker is either a TRAITOR or a COWARD.........!"-Franz Fannon
Recent unfortunate events unfolding especially amongst senior citizens and
supposedly leaders of thought in the polity as they affect Bauchi State
within the last couple of weeks is, to say the least, unfortunate and an ill
wind that will blow no one - certainly not even the antagonists - any good.
This informs our decision to come out in the open, place the blame where
it rightfully belongs in support of the search for an amicable resolution. We
resolved to come out in the open and call a spade a spade no matter
whose ox is gored so that the culprit may take advantage of the
opportunity to exorcise himself of the demons currently sitting pretty in his
person, own up to his faults, apologize to those he has aggrieved and allow
our State to continue in peace and harmony. Sitting on the fence at this
critical point in our collective lives and history both as a people and as a
geographical expression is certainly not an option any more.
It is already in the public domain that Governor Isa Yuguda has already
returned his own 'GUI.LTY AS CHARGED' verdict on both Dr. Adamu
Ahmadu Mu'azu [Walin Bauchi], National Chairman of the PDP and former
Governor of the State, and Senator Bala Muhammad Abdulkadir [kauran
Bauchi] Minister of the Federal Capital Territory [FCT] over their 'culpability'
- in a case that he is both Accuser and Judge - in the unfortunate incidence
of booing, heckling and stoning of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and

2. his entourage when thePDP Presidential Campaign Train came calling on
the State Capital on Thursday, 22nd January, 2015.
Let it be clear from the on start that we hold no brief for any of the parties
to this imbroglio. We however wish to state without ambiguity that as
stakeholders in the Nigeria Project in general and a major Socio - political
grouping working for peace within Bauchi State in particular, we are NOT
in the least surprised and hereby wish to place on record the blame for this
ugly incident squarely where it belongs. We are convinced beyond
all doubt that Governor Isa Yuguda conceived, hatched, masterminded
and designed the 'project' in its entirety himself. We also affirm that it was
executed by his minions from among the brigade of monster gangs [the
'SARA SUKA'] he created, sustained and nurtured throughout the 8 years
he has been in power to terrorize and "keep in check" all
those who share Opposing views to those he holds. This, indeed, is
vintage Isa Yuguda - undemocratic, ever Hypocritical, Selfish, Treacherous,
Mischievous, Diversionary, and Vindictive!
Given our understanding of his person, his style of politics, the virtual
disdain with which he views all other political players and the
contempt he holds against all his 'subjects'; and given his penchant for
employing all means fair and foul to have it his own way whenever he sets
his eyes on an objective - at all cost and whatever price - one need not be
a soothsayer to have predicted the series of events of the last week. We
are however still appalled by the extent to which he has degenerated so
low as to mastermind and order a physical attack on the number one
citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria all in the hope to curry support
from the electorate for a seat at the Senate - after 8 years as Governor -
and attempt to pass the blame over himself by pronouncing the 'Abuja
elements' guilty.
To understand better the Yuguda mindset, it is proper we go back in time.
We must go back to the days in 2006/2007 during the build - up to the
second civilian - to - civilian transition of the Fourth Republic. When Isa
Yuguda declare his• intention to inherit power from the incumbent, then
outgoing Governor Ah.madu Adamu Mu'azu, minced no words in making it
clear to us the political class - and we were convinced beyond reasonable

3. doubt - that the Isa Yuguda he knew for more than 25 years is , by his
antecedents, NOT a credible option for Bauchi State. Recall that Yuguda
and Mu’azu were both in the University about the same time. Recall that
both were on the Board of defunct Inland Bank - one as• a Director and
the other as Managing Director. Recall also that the latter was a direct
beneficiary of the former who as Governor had nominated and
recommended the latter for the post of Minister in the Obasanjo cabinet.
As Transport and later Aviation Minister, Yuguda had tasted power and
accumulated wealth. When he lost out in the politics of securing the
Governorship ticket of the PDP, it was a matter of time for the burble to
bust and that exactly happened when Yuguda jumped ship for the then
ANPP, hoodwinked, cajoled and literarily bought his way to Government
House on the back of General .Muhammadu Buhari. No sooner had he
ascended power than he jumped ship again back to the PDP and the rest is
now history.
Since then it has remained a balancing act of sots for Isa Yuguda in
running affairs of Bauchi State. He has serially and systematically
pauperized the polity, instituted corruption as a cardinal principle of state
policy, destroyed the civil service, decimated the political class by throwing
merit to the dogs and built and nurtured an urchin brigade from among the
youths he has employed from way back in
2007 to wreck mayhem on all 'enemies' - real and imagined.
These were in action during the ugly incident at the eventful PDP
Presidential Campaigns Rally in Bauchi.
A question that has always agitated the minds of most citizens
especially the curious observer and analysts of political events in Bauchi
State has been why the bad blood between Isa Yuguda and
Particularly Senator Bala Muhammad Abdulkadir. Minister of the FCT
In addition to, and as a reflection of the workings of Yuguda's inner mind,
we believe the Governor hates the Minister for the following reasons
among others:

4. 1. We know for a fact that the few successes Yuguda recorded as Minister of Transport and Aviation
were the result of Senator Abdulkadir's intelligence, knowledge of, and experience in the workings of
the Administrative bureaucracy of the system who as then S.A. to the former, virtually held the brief
of then Minister who instead of attending to matters of state had used
the opportunity offered by his appointment to amass stupendous wealth and pursue personal
goals;
2. We also know for a fact that upon picking the ticket to contest the seat of Governor in 2007 under
the defunct ANPP, Senator Abdulkadir worked assiduously for the success of Yuguda at the polls. He
endured such personal physical, social and economic pains to make this possible and the citizens
have not forgotten the sacrifices he made to actualize the dream of Isa Yuguda's ambition;
3. When as Senator, Bala Muhammad Abdulkadir sponsored the invocation of the 'Doctrine of
Necessity' on the floor of the Senate to get the Nation out of the quagmire occasioned by the ill
health and subsequent demise of the late President Umaru Musa Yar'adua, which led to swearing-in
of then Vice President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan [a person whom the Governor held with so much
disdain and contempt for no just cause so much so that that the former had to send emissaries to
the later in an attempt to broker a truce]. As Acting President, Yuguda as an in - law to the late
President minced no words and spared no effort and resources to castigate and disparage the
Senator just for taking a patriotic stand against the cabal that had held the nation at the jugular to
which Isa belonged. In fact he went as far as hatching a recall plan against the Senator that
ultimately failed;
4. Senator Abdulkadir Bala Muhammad is by nature a very generous man. His support for his
constituents and communities far and wide within Bauchi State and beyond from his days as a
common Civil Servant to date has .endeared him so much to the people. The Minister over the years
has been building countless number of schools, erected and maintained many places of worship,
created and supported social and economic causes that work to impart skills and knowledge in
handicraft, the trades, vocations, entrepreneurship development and provision of capital and
equipment to those so trained to reduce unemployment. Isa Yuguda harbors pathological hatred
against Kauran Bauchi for just being there for his people in their times of need When he as
Governor has failed to discharge these basic responsibilities as the number one citizen;
5. As a Bauchi Emirate Title holder and member of the revered Traditional Institution, Senator
Abdulkadir has so far remained consistent and indefatigable in contributing to the sustenance,
welfare and up-keep of our cultural and traditional Institutions and values which have been serially
decimated and made nonsense of by the Yuguda Administration and his style of Governance. A gift
of an SUV by the Minister to each of the 6 First Class Emirs of Bauchi State to replace the vehicles
they inherited from the past Administration of Dr. Adamu Ahmadu Mu'azu 8 years ago, .as Well as
other gifts and support in cash and kind to ALL District and Village Heads of the State has only left
Yuguda livid with anger over an issue the Kauran Bauchi should instead have been commended;

5. 6. In the build - up to the 2015 elections, Senator Abdulkadir had indicated his desire to aspire for the
seat of Governor of Bauchi State side by side other •political heavyweights like the Former Minister
of State for Health Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, former SGF Alhaji Mahmood Yayale Ahmed and
sitting Senator Babayo Garba Gamawa among others. Aware of the hypocrisy of character and in-
view of the Governor’s antecedents, the FCT. Minister finally shelved this ambition knowing fully well
that Isa Yuguda - treacherous as ever - had a hidden agenda to fois•t his minion as candidate. A
shadowy political neophyte and Member of the lower chambers of the National Assembly - Auwal
Jatau - who is virtually unknown beyond his rural constituency was foisted on the PDP by Yuguda
through a Primary [S]election that has left all Democrats reeling in disbelief. Senator Abdulkadir has
kicked against this parody and minced no words in calling attention to the anomaly.
In conclusion, while asserting that we hold no grudge against Isa Yuguda
for exercising his right to aspire for any position as guaranteed for every
citizen by the Constitution, we however make bold to say that doing so at
all cost and by all means is unacceptable. His blind singular ambition to
move into the red chamber while at the same time hoping to secure a
blissful future for himself by hoisting his protégé as Governor in the
forthcoming elections by hook or crook is to say the least unfortunate. True
to his character, in the battle to actualize this dream, no person or
institution - not even Mr. President and Commander - in - Chief - is sacred
or sacrosanct. His hobnobbing with the All Peoples Congress. [APC] and all
other political parties in Bauchi State is an open secret. As usual, he is
again attempting to buy his way to success with public funds that should
have gone into the Social and Economic sectors for the benefit of the
people.
As we speak, Isa Yuguda owes a debt of over N13billion in pension and
gratuity funds alone 8 years after inheriting a meagre N400million in
20017. In the last quarter of the outgone year he further mortgaged we
the citizens and even generations yet unborn to another_ set of
indebtedness in the region of tens of Billions of Naira to build a residence
befitting his status as an ex - Governor after 29th May, 2015 and other
gladiators at his beck and call as well as settle some fictitious debts over -
bloated and even unexecuted contracts. All these while he has refused to
pay workers' salaries as and when due, reduced even our state capital
roads to death traps and built an Airport at a cost more than 10 times that
of neighboring Jigawa State.

6. Finally, we wish to call attention to the fact that with defeat staring him
and his protégé in the face, Isa Yuguda is again toying with the idea of
manipulating the system and overheating the polity to make the political
situation ripe for instituting another 'State of Emergency' like he did back in
2007 – where his thugs wrecked mayhem during the elections taking
scores of lives in the process including serving National Youth Service Corp
members - so that he can coast home to Victory under the jackboot of_
security forces. The signs are all there for all to see. His boys - always in a
permanent haze of drugs - are all over the place threatening lives and
limbs should their principal fail to secure the Senate seat.
We call on the people and all stake holders to resist this effort at truncating
democracy. We also call on Mr. President and the security agencies to pay
special attention to Bauchi State especially in the next one month as Mr.
Governor is busy mobilizing and deploying his crack brigade of brigands to
act out his script as far as the General Elections are concerned.
Dr. YAZID ISA KABIRU
-CHAIRMAN