Bala Mohammed Defies Opposition ‘Powers’ To Win Re-election
“We went into the elections without the security paraphernalia boasted or brandished by some of our opponents; we went into the elections without the resources, both internal and external that our opponents mustered, we went into the elections without any godfather, let alone an Armada of ‘kingmakers’ who arrogated to themselves the power to make and unmake leaders. Rather, we went into the elections trusting in Allah, who gives power to whom he chooses and takes it away from whom he chooses.
“The PDP won presidential elections in Bauchi and about eight or seven members of the national assembly out of 11 that Bauchi State has. This is in addition to two senators elected under the party. However, against all odds, the incumbent governor of the Peoples Democratic Party emerged winner of the gubernatorial election conducted on March 18, 2023.
With these results, it was concluded that the ruling party and its gubernatorial candidate, not minding the power of incumbency, would be beaten at the election. The governor, a product of coalition of some political parties in 2019 primarily to wrest power and the state from the grip of the then outgoing governor and a member of the APC, the late Sen Abiola Ajimobi had fallen out with the majority of those who were part of the coalition.
The result of the presidential election proved that in the state and it empowered the traditional members of the PDP in the state to make a resolve to pay Makinde back in his own coins by voting the opposition. With the aggrieved members of the APC, who supported and followed him to Accord, he was seen as the albatross of Folarin in the contest up till the time of presidential election and there were insinuations that he would be persuaded to step down for Folarin.
He was accommodating enough to be one of the early callers to congratulate the governor on his re-election. A school of thought was of the view that if Tinubu had been so committed to Folarin’s cause, Adelabu, who is seen as a Tinubu protege would have been persuaded to drop his ambition for the former Senate leader. So, there was the tendency that not a few members of the APC worked for Makinde as a compensation for Tinubu’s victory in the state.
However, with the one week shift for the gubernatorial election, a lot of strategy was put in place and this time around, Okowa, also the speaker’s godfather, was not ready to lose out totally during the governorship election, so he did everything needed to to get victory for Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, the PDP guber candidate, for him to remain relevant politically and his choice eventually becomes the governor-elect of Delta State.
The court in its resounding judgment in suit number FHC/ASB/CS/3/2023, filed by the opposition the APC, Chief Ikie Aghwarianovwe, aspirant against PDP, Oborevwori and the Independent National Electoral Commission , declared that the plaintiff’s action was statute barred as it obviously violated constitutional provisions requiring action to be filed within 14 days from the date INEC published particulars of candidates in 2018.
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