I had sleepless nights before S/ Court judgement — Bauchi Gov
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has said he was unable to sleep for seven days before the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed his re-election as governor of the state.
The governor stated this yesterday while addressing his supporters shortly after a victory rally at the government house.
He said, “My sleepless nights were caused by a clique of former leaders of the state who concocted different lies against my person at the Presidency in order to steal my mandate.”
“They told the Presidency that I am a problem and will give them more problems if I remain the governor. But, to the glory of God, we did everything possible, and we emerged victorious at the end of the day,” the governor said.
He said, “They did everything possible to bring me into a collision course with my friend, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, as well as Mr President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who loves what we are doing here in the state.”
Mohammed commended President Tinubu for not interfering in the judicial process.
The governor also commended the Supreme Court for doing justice to all the appeals before it, adding that the judgements delivered on Friday had redeemed the image of the judiciary as the last hope of the common man in the country.
The governor noted that “the focus now is how to get a competent successor at the end of our tenure, someone who will do better than what we will do in eight years. We have our children, our members, who can fit appropriately. We will no longer allow strangers to be governors in Bauchi State; only those whose roots are well known from any part of the state.”