Former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, ex ministers, serving lawmakers among others have written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.
They expressed concern over conflicts involving House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and some forces in Bauchi State ahead of the 2019 election.
In the memo delivered on Tuesday, the chieftains urged Buhari to intervene in the political crisis that has engulfed the state.
The signatories included: Yuguda; former ministers – Alhaji Muhammad Bello Kirfi, Muhammad Aliyu, Dr. Ibrahim Lame; Senators Suleiman Nazif Gamawa, Bauchi North; Isah Misau, Bauchi Central; Salisu Matori and Bala Kariya.
The letter was also signed by Alhaji Muhammad Noma, former Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly; Ambassador Yusuf Tuggah, Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, and Major General Yakubu Usman (retd).
Entitled ‘Expression of Solidarity’, the letter reads in part: “We the undersigned elders and stakeholders of Bauchi State hereby wish to express our firm solidarity with our worthy son and political leader, Dogara Yakubu, Speaker, House of Representatives, who has been providing us with quality leadership and representation at the national level.
“We recall how Dogara Yakubu worked tirelessly day and night deploying enormous personal resources and commitment to ensure President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory during the 2015 general election and of the APC governorship in Bauchi State.
“We are dismayed and alarmed by the unfolding political tension and misunderstanding between the executive arms and the National Assembly.
“We wish to, on behalf of the people of Bauchi State, passionately appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to kindly intervene to bring about a quick solution to the political impasse threatening our nascent democracy.”
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