TUGGAR FAULTS OUTCOME OF APC PRIMARY ELECTION, ACCUSES PATE OF IMPOSING CANDIDATES
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Yusuf Tuggar, who used to be the foreign affairs minister, criticized the results of the APC’s governorship primary in Bauchi state.
Mohammed Abubakar, the former governor of Bauchi, beat Tuggar and five other people to get the APC nomination for governor in Bauchi state.
John Abang, who chaired the APC governorship and house of assembly primary committee in the state, had announced that Abubakar won the primary election with 57,517 votes.
Tuggar came in second place with 26,001 votes, while Nura Manu Soro got 13,638 votes. Bala Wunti received 13,648 votes, and Kabir Maaji got 8,157 votes.
Tuggar had quit his job as the minister of foreign affairs to take part in the Bauchi APC governorship primary election.
In a recent interview shared by DC Hausa, Tuggar said he wanted the governorship primary to be fair and honest, so everyone would agree with the result.
The former minister said in the build-up to the election, Nentawe Yilwatda, APC national chairman, said Abubakar had been chosen as the APC Bauchi governorship candidate.
Tuggar alleged that Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, who hails from the state, met with President Bola Tinubu to plead that he should not be allowed to emerge as the governorship candidate
The former minister accused Pate of imposing aspirants on the party in Bauchi,adding that politicians are leaving the party over the anti-democratic process.
“The minister from our state (Pate) met with Mr. President and cried in front of him, begging him not to let me become the candidate in Bauchi state,” Tuggar spoke in Hausa Language.
“There are many processes in politics, but we didn’t know that crying was one of them. Personally, I don’t fake cry; it is not in my nature, and I am not lazy.
“What we know how to do is go to the polls and give the people the chance to vote for whomever they want.
“No one stopped our minister from resigning and contesting. The President had instructed his cabinet that anyone wishing to contest must resign before March 31st.
“He should have resigned and contested instead of just handpicking the APC candidates. If you want to contest, let’s go out and campaign to the people if they vote for you, that’s fine, and if they don’t, that’s also fine.
“Our hope is that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will look into the injustice happening within the APC, which is causing many prominent politicians to leave the party.”
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