Governor Abubakar reveal how Yuguda allegedly withdrew N1 Billion in one day

Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, yesterday, gave insight on how his predecessor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, allegedly withdrew N1 billion from the state government’s account in one day, accusing him of squandering N2 billion ecological fund.

Abubakar, who spoke during an interface with journalists in Abuja, claimed the ecological fund was allegedly advanced to governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under the administration of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

While he said a probe panel he instituted to review the eight-year tenure of his predecessor would soon submit its report, the governor claimed Yuguda received so much from the federation account during the oil boom period with nothing to show for it. He said: “For that reason, it is incumbent to ask questions.

The EFCC have been knocking at my door, asking questions about the past and so I cannot keep quiet. “When I took over on May 29, 2015, the state was owing civil servants four months salaries; a state where civil servants and pensioners were owed N14.5 billion gratuity; a state where other loans comprising commercial and contractual liabilities amounted to over N100 billion.”