Bauchi Emirate Council has stripped Senator Shehu Buba Umar of his conventional title of ‘Majidadin Bauchi’.
He allegedly disrespected and humiliated Governor Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed.
Senator Buba represents Bauchi South Senatorial District within the Nationwide Meeting on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
The choice was contained in a letter dated August 14, 2024 and addressed to Senator Umar signed by Nasiru Musa on behalf of the Emirate Council’s secretary.
It stated the withdrawal of the normal title from the senator adopted a gathering of the council on Wednesday chaired by the Emir of Bauchi.
The assembly deliberated on the Senator’s alleged misdemeanour and consequently resolved to derobe him as a conventional title holder of the emirate.
The council particularly accused Senator Umar of disrespecting and humiliating the Bauchi State governor, actions it stated have been at variance with the teachings and tradition of Bauchi Emirate.
The Bauchi South Senator had in a current chat with journalists accused Governor Bala Mohammed, who holds the title of Kauran Bauchi, of short-changing the individuals of Bauchi State almost about some palliative objects despatched to the state by the APC-led federal authorities.
The Senator enumerated some palliatives reminiscent of rice, corn and fertilizer despatched to the state by the federal authorities for the onward distribution to the individuals of the State to cushion the results of {economic} hardship, alleging that the objects have been offered out by the state authorities.
Senator Shehu warned Governor Bala that President Tinubu shouldn’t be his mate in politics. He stated Governor Bala is his political mate as a result of they joined politics the identical day via their chief former Bauchi State Governor Mallam Isa Yuguda.
He accused Governor Bala for being accountable for poverty, starvation and anger within the state for brief altering the individuals of the state for not releasing the 70 vans of guinea corn, 70 vans of fertilizer, 20 vans of rice donated to the individuals of the state by the Federal Authorities.
He added that the governor obtained N144bn in 2023 and N147bn from January to this point from the federation account and he collected N300bn mortgage and awardes main contract to himself and constructed the most effective home for himself with over 70 rooms which led to abject poverty within the state as individuals have been being impoverished by PDP insurance policies in Bauchi.