A group going by the name, Taraba Mandate Group has raised alarm with allegation that the governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last year’s election in the state, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan is lobbying emirs and Northern elites to turn the current legal tussle in her favour.
The group, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Gani Bako, alleged that Aisha, now minister of women affaris, has set up a lobbyist group with the mandate to reach out to prominent elites of the North in the traditional sector, military and intellectual leaders.
“The job is to try and either convince the headship of the judiciary to skew the up-coming judgement or get the presidency to thwart the wishes of a majority of voters in Taraba state.
“So far, the lobby group has met one disappointment of one form after the other. In fact, in one of their stop-overs, a prominent Emir famous for his radicalism and forthrightness, told the group off and sternly admonished them to go look for good lawyers instead of behaving as if Nigeria hasn’t moved on from the past when decision of this nature could be influenced from the top.”
The group further alleged that Hajiya Aisha has continued her lobbying and that at each stop, her group would regale the Emirs with the usual lies that she actually won the election. “She would then latch into the old sentiment of faith and gender, saying that she is being persecuted also because she is Fulani.”
The group said that many of those she wanted to lobby, especially the Emirs have unanimously told her to go and look for good lawyers if she felt she has a good case. [myad]
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