GOVERNOR Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said nobody can put fire in Bauchi “because we have a volume of water to quench the fire”.
He said this when he received a delegation from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday.
He said, “We are together; nobody can put fire in Bauchi. We have a volume of water that will quench the fire, even my friend that said that did so because of he is annoyed. May be I have said something that annoyed him but it is not personal.
“My friend is my friend, my job is my job and leadership is leadership,” the governor said.
This is the first time that the governor would react to the threat of Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who accused PDP governors of interfering with issues concerning control of the party in Rivers.
At a meeting around mid-August, governors elected on the platform of the PDP had declared Siminalayi Fubara, estranged godson of Wike, as the leader of the party in Rivers.
This had annoyed Wike who alongside his supporters organised a congress in the state to further strengthen their grip of Rivers PDP.
Speaking at the congress, Wike had said, “Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of PDP from us. But let me tell people, I hear some governors who say they will take over the structure and give back to somebody, I pity those governors because I will put fire in their states.
“When God has given you peace, you say you don’t want peace – anything you see you take,” Wike said.
The minister, who singled out Bauchi governor, promised sleepless nights to governors who leave their states to challenge him in Rivers.
“Because I heard they got some money from signature bonus and so their heads are getting big that you will put hand in my own state. Prepare because I have the capacity to also do the same thing in your own state.
“Whether you are from Bauchi I don’t give a damn, whichever state you are from, as far as I know that you are trying to put yourself in Rivers State, your hand will get burnt and you will never sleep in your state,” he had said.
