Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has warned that opposition figures would push back if the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government continues what he described as the misuse of state institutions to target non-APC members.
Mohammed spoke in Bauchi on Friday while receiving an award as Safety Ambassador from the Safety Institute of Nigeria. He said the nature of politics in the country had taken a troubling turn.
The governor claimed he was recently accused of terrorism and expressed concern over the continued detention of one of his commissioners by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He also faulted the mention of his name in a court motion despite enjoying constitutional immunity as a sitting governor.
According to him, the federal government was deploying institutions such as the courts and anti-graft agencies to harass and prosecute political opponents.
“Politics has become something else in Nigeria,” Mohammed said. “The APC-led federal government thinks it can use the courts and institutions of government, like the EFCC, to persecute and prosecute Nigerians who are not in their party. If they don’t stop, we’re going to declare war,” he said.
