- There is no iota of truth in claim campaign council says
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries coming up on Thursday, ‘Coalition of APC Groups’ has accused Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk of using government resources to woo delegates to vote for her husband Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar who is an aspirant in the party.
But the Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq Campaign Organization dismissed the allegation saying there is no truth whatsoever in the claim.
Leader of the coalition Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Ajiya made the accusation in a press release issued to newsmen in Bauchi.
He alleged that the minister is using the survival funds meant to assist the downtrodden in the state to lure delegates to choose her husband in the upcoming governorship primaries.
According to him, Sadiya instead of taking names of ‘the right beneficiaries’ to benefit from the survival funds, took details of party members that will participate in the forthcoming primary election as beneficiaries of the funds.
The group said it was unlawful for the minister to convert humanitarian assistance into campaign funds calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanction her.
Responding to the allegation, the Chairman of the Media Council of the Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq Campaign Organization, Salisu Ahmed Barau dismissed the allegation.
Speaking through the telephone, Barau said, “What Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk is doing has nothing to do with her Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, she is doing it in her capacity as a woman of Bauchi State”.
Salisu Barau said “They should remember that she is married to His Excellency, Ambassador Saddique Baba Abubakar by virtue of which she is an indegene of Bauchi State and has the right to contribute to the development of the state unhindered”.
