There Will Be War If EFCC Does Not Stop Persecuting Non-APC Members — Bala Mohammed (VIDEO)
Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed has warned that continued alleged targeting of politicians who are not members of the ruling All Progressives Congress by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission could escalate into serious conflict.
The comment comes on the heels of the arrest and detention of the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on alleged misappropriation of N430billion while he was in office.
On release from the EFCC custody, El-Rufai was immediately picked up by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC in which custody he is currently.
Before El-Rufai, the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, was arrested by the EFCC which dragged him to Court. He is still in prison custody.
Before Malami there was former Governor of Sokoto State, who is also a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who was arrested by the EFCC over an alleged misappropriation of the sum of N189b while he was Governor.
Addressing a restive crowd of supporters and party stakeholders, in Bauchi, the Governor who is also the Chairman of the PDP Governor’s Forum, accused the Federal Government of unleashing the EFCC and other security agencies as “political debt collectors” to force opposition leaders into joining the APC
But he roared: “No Amount of intimidation will force me to cave in.
“No clandestine overtures and threats of legal action can force me into intention abandoning the PDP.
“If they continue with this random and incessant arrest of our leaders, we will have no choice but to declare war,” the Governor thundered.
“They are using the EFCC to harass anyone who refuses to join their party. Let me say it clearly: no amount of intimidation, no amount of blackmail, and no amount of ‘file-opening’ will make me join the APC. We will meet them on the field in 2027.”
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Continuing, Mohammed said that the Presidency is gradually “decapitating the opposition to ensure an unchallenged run for a second term.
“They want a one-party state where nobody can question why a bag of rice is N100,000.
“But Bauchi is not for sale, and the PDP is not for surrender.”
