Yaguda’s Wife Fires Back At New Governor, You Never Recovered 22 Vehicles From Us

One of the four wives of the immediate past Governor of
Bauchi State, Abiodun Yaguda has said the new Governor, Mohammed Abubakar and
the recovery committee set up by him lied against them that 22 cars were
recovered from her and the other immediate past Governor’s wives. Mrs Yaguda
lashed out saying, if the Governor knows what he said is true, then he should come out and say it. She also said though she has no power to fight the governor, but she has a God who will
judge between them all. Read all she said after
the cut.

“Let anyone who said seven cars were taken away from my
house come out openly and tell the whole world the truth. I had a jeep, Toyota
Camry, which I was not using and a pick up van with me when we were leaving
office. These were even old vehicles bought before 2011. On the instruction of
my husband, I returned them to the liaison office like my sisters, I mean the other
wives, did.

“My Personal Assistant, Esther, had to even go and show them
the cars that were bought in 2007 –some which are not even movable — at the
government mechanic place. Some cars that were bought in 2007 were being used
in my NGO, CYDI office in Bauchi. They were being used to take the three
disabled people who are working in m y office to and fro their houses and to
carry all activities that have to with people with disability.

“When my husband asked us to return the cars, my PA went to
my office in Bauchi and took the cars to Government House in Bauchi. No car was
collected from my house. The only government jeep that I ever used was with the
government mechanic in Abuja before my husband even left government. By the
time my husband left I was already using a Mercedes jeep bought for me by my
husband.

“I wonder why they claim seven cars were taken away from my
house. I didn’t keep seven cars. If Governor Abubakar had any problem with our
husband, why must he drag us, his wives, into it? As a governor’s wife, I was
using only one jeep without any backup car. On many occasions I was stranded on
the road when the jeep broke down. The Peugeot 406 that was with me as a backup
had an accident and up till when my husband left office, no replacement was
given to me.

“With every sense of righteousness, I can say that my
husband, Isa Yuguda, is an angel. He has been affecting people’s lives
positively and never allowed us to take anything from the government. CYDI was
not funded by the Bauchi State government throughout the eight years my husband
spent in office.

 “I don’t need any
material gains. I have been helping people since when I was in secondary school
and I will continue to do so for the rest of my life. My wealth is the number
of the less privileged I touch their lives. So I don’t need Bauchi State government’s
property.

“The governor lied against me to tarnish my image and those
of my sisters. I am sure that the God Almighty I serve will judge him. He will
only escape God’s judgment if those cars were taken away from our houses. What
did he really want to gain in tarnishing other people’s image? He ought to know
that he will not remain governor for life; he is going to leave the office one
day.

“Let the governor and his committee know that power is
transient. They are in office today, tomorrow they will be out of office the
way we too left office for him. I will advise His Excellency, the new governor,
to be praying to God for him to end well instead of tarnishing the image of
innocent women. I don’t have any power but I have my God whom I serve and I
know this God will judge between me and him,” she said.