The Deputy Minority Leader of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Baballe Abubakar Dambam representing Dambam/Dagauda/Jalam Constituency, has accused the adviser to Bauchi State governor on state and National Assembly Liaison Alhaji Sani Mohammed Burra of masterminding the attack on the lawmakers over their stance on the Assembly’s leadership.
Baballe in company of the lawmakers stated this today Monday evening in Bauchi, when he addressed a press conference at the guest house of the lawmakers in Bauchi.
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He expressed concern over the unfortunate situation, “We suspected Sani Burra because the hoodlooms attacked us 30 minutes after he left us at the guest house.”
Baballe said the hoodlooms armed with dangerous weapons vandalized the guest house, smashed the glasses of windows In the guest house and also smashed the windscreens of the lawmakers’ vehicles.
He said “Even when we were in recess we used to go to the House to carry out our normal legislative duties, we intended to go the house in the morning when we heard that the House of Assembly is under siege by security agents because we are standing for the people.”
“We feel that whoever is behind this does not respect the law. We have every right as members of the state House of Assembly to say what we said because we have immunity on the floor of the House; that is why we have passed a vote of no confidence on the Speaker and all Principal officers and we asked them to resign.”
He said that they reported the matter to the security agencies for necessary action.
But the adviser to the governor Mohammed Sani Burra, in an interview with reporters on Monday, denied the allegation that he has a hand in the attack, describing the allegation as false.
Burra said he was at the guest houre in the morning when he was invited by one of the lawmakers, and he went there and met all of them and he greeted all of them and left.
Burra said “I wish to make it abundantly clear that I am not aware or behind the purported attack.”
