Bauchi State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Alhaji Uba Nana has asserted that despite losing the 2019 governorship election
in the state, the party is still strong and formidable.He made the assertion on Friday when the minister of scienceand technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu paid a visit to the party members at its stateSecretariat during his official visit to Bauchi State.
According to Nana, the party had won all the threesenatorial seats, nine out of the 12 house of representatives seats and 21 outof 31 State assembly seats during the last polls.
Nana further told the minister that the current speaker ofthe Bauchi State house of assembly and majority leader of the house are allmembers of the party.
This he pointed out, is an indication that the party isstill strong and popular in the state saying they filed an appeal at court ofappeal against the recent verdict delivered by the governorship electionpetition tribunal in the state with a view to reclaiming their ‘stolenmandate’.
But WikkiTimes special reports had unveiled that the APC secretariat which was a busy place regardless of the time of the day or night particularly in the build up to the 2019 general election has now become a ghost of former self.
The reportdocumented that the party Secretariat in Bauchi is now deserted—left with onlya guard man to secure its premises.
Uba Nana hadnot responded to WikkiTimes’ request to comment on the subject.
In his address, the minister of science and technology DrOgbonnaya Onu explained that he was on official visit to the state tocommission a multi million naira laboratory at the Abubakar Tafawa BalewaUniversity (ATBU) but deemed it proper to also visit the party Secretariat.
He advised all APC stalwarts in the state to remain unitedand committed, saying it has hope of winning the next governorship electioneven if it does not triumph at the court of appeal.The minister appreciated the state electorates formassively voting President Muhammadu Buhari in the last election assuring thatthe administration will not fail Nigerians
