Gombe (Nigeria) — Gombe Elders Forum in northeast Nigeria,
has condemned what it described as “undeserved attack on the State
Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo and his wife, by his immediate
predecessor, Senator Danjuma Goje.
At a news conference on Monday, Spokesman for the Forum,
Ambassador Abulmumini Abubakar (AIG rtd) said, the elders equally
condemned the choice of venue and timing of the alleged attack and
commended Dankwambo for the matured manner he handled the situation.
“First and foremost, we would like to tender our unreserved
apology to the wife of the President and her husband, President
Muhammadu Buhari for this unfortunate embarrassment she encountered
during her condolence visit to Gombe State, ” the group said.
‘The Spokesman said it has become necessary to refute “the
tissues of lies dished out to the public by Goje, because there is every
tendency for people to believe in such lies,” Abubakar said.
Abubakar accused Goje of choosing the moment of the First
Lady’s visit to “castigate and ridicule the governor in order to enhance
their political ego.”
The group denied the claim by Goje that his late wife facilitated the emergence of Dankwambo as governor in 2011.
“We find it distasteful to hear that late Hajiya Yalwa
approved Dankwambo’s candidature before he became governor in 2011. We
all know how Governor Dankwambo fought gallantly for his primary and
went through all electoral processes to win in 2011,”the group said.
Abubakar equally described Goje as a person who has
betrayals running in his blood, having allegedly betrayed all those that
assisted him and brought him to political limelight.
The group urged President Buhari to shun what they
described as “political clouts, mischief makers, political job seekers
and enemies of Dankwambo’s development strides” who are hell bent on
tarnishing his reputation by soiling the cordial relationship existing
between the Gombe State government and the Federal Government.
AFRICA PRIME NEWS reports that Danjuma Goje was said to have accused Dankwambo of betraying him since becoming governor in 2011.
He made the accusation when wife of Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, paid him a condolence visit in Gombe.
While expressing gratitude to the First Lady for bringing
Dankwambo to his residence, Goje was also quoted as saying that since
becoming governor, Dankwambo had failed to visit his residence even
while the late Yalwa was sick.
“He used to be part of this household. My wife was his
godmother. For seven months she was sick, he didn’t come. He only called
after she passed on. Since we inaugurated him from Pantami he didn’t
visit this house.
“I have had series of misfortunes, ill-health, with even a
death recorded, but he has not seen it fit to identify with me and my
family. He didn’t even call to sympathize with us,” Goje conclude.
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