The controversy between the former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar has caused stir in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.

Both the Minister and the former leader of the state are of the APC and from Bauchi. They have been on loggerheads over allegations that the Minister was planning to destabilise the Party and that the President’s aide, Tuggar was accused of $150,000 inducement to the APC delegation’s report.

The Chairman of Tuggar Vanguard, Garba Mohammed, in a statement Sunday, cautioned the former Governor to desist from politics bitterness and division.

According to Mohammed, if there are genuine concerns about the conduct of party affairs in the State, such concerns should be addressed through lawful and established party channels. “Grave public allegations, particularly those capable of damaging reputations and inflaming tensions, must be backed by evidence.

“Politics should not become a theatre for the reckless claims, innuendo or bitterness of those that feel entitled,” he warned.

He further explained that the allegation of financial inducement to the tune of $150,000 in relation to the APC delegation’s report on the party congresses in Bauchi State, “this is a serious accusation that demands credible proof. In any lawful society, allegations of bribery cannot rest on conjecture, hearsay or political bitterness.

“If evidence exists, it should be laid before the appropriate authorities. Until then, it remains an allegation and must be treated as such. More troubling, however, is the damage Yuguda does to his own reputation by resorting to such an unsubstantiated claim.

“That he would wish to sink so low says far more about his feeling of entitlement and where he stands today in the political life of Bauchi than it does about Ambassador Tuggar. Bauchi needs and deserves real change, not recycled bitterness, political grandstanding and unverified accusations of those who feel it is their right to hold feudal-like reins of power in Bauchi,” he said.

He added that what the state required at the moment is mature “leadership, disciplined” engagement and a clear commitment to progress. The people of Bauchi, according to bim, deserve a politics that lifts the state forward, not one that seeks to drag it backward into division and stagnation. (The Guardian)