The immediate past Wazirin Bauchi, Muhammadu Bello Kirfi, has said he will remove the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, from office the same way he brought him to power.

Kirfi, an elder statesman, said this for the first time after he was sacked by the state government as Wazirin Bauchi.

The the state emirate council said it sacked the former Waziri because of what it described as “disloyalty and disrespect towards the state governor.”

A letter signed by the Council Secretary, Alhaji Shehu Mudi Muhammad, and dated January 3, 2023 disclosed his removal.

But speaking during a media chat with journalists at his residence in Bauchi, he boasted, “The way I brought him into office will also be the way to get him out of power.”

He also said, “I regard what happens to me as a simple incident because something has been worrying my mind. I am one of those who stood for him to become the governor and I was a bit disappointed.

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“This is the worse he can do to me, but it doesn’t matter because I am not gaining anything from the office (Waziri) I was holding in the emir’s palace.

“I was instrumental in bringing him to power in 2019. At the time when Bala needed the critical support to actualise his political ambition, I was there for him all through. I did all I could to see that he emerged victorious against a government that enjoyed federal might at that time.”

Kirfi noted that the governor betrayed the trust of all the political gladiators that made huge sacrifices to bring him to power, adding that nearly four years into the administration, salient issues crucial to the people of the state remained unattended to despite repeated promises.

The octogenarian, according to Daily Trust, claims that the governor has fought every single political bigwig in Bauchi that worked for his victory in the 2019 general election.

“I leave everything to Almighty Allah. He will judge what is between me and him,” he added.

When contacted, the Director of Media and Publicity 2023 PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, who is also Publicity Secretary of the party, Yayanuwa Zainabari, said the campaign council was not bothered by the elder statesman’s threat.

He said, “Governor Mohammed is seeking re-election from the Bauchi electorate, not a single individual because it is God that gives power to whom he wills.

“No individual can claim to be responsible for bringing Governor Bala Mohammed to power because it was the people of Bauchi State across different political parties that voted him into office.

“We believe God has destined him to be governor of Bauchi state through the people of the state and we are confident the people will give him another mandate.”