Governor Yakowa, Kaduna PDP, Accused Of Fielding EFCC Suspect in Forthcoming LGA Elections

By SaharaReporters, New York

Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, who touts his credentials as a ‘clean’ governor, is facing a serious credibility challenge, accused of imposing a questionable candidate to take control of Jema’a, his local government of origin.

The candidate in question is Daniel Amos, who, along with two others, was allegedly prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2005 in Lagos State for collecting over three million Naira using false pretences.

Mr. Yakowa, along with the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other party top shots in the State, are accused of partnering in a conspiracy that produced only one candidate, and a flawed one, in the PDP primaries despite evidence of his prosecution by the EFCC. 

Mr. Amos was arraigned before an Ikeja court on August 5, 2005, but allegedly vanished after the first hearing.

Sources in the town of Kaduna, who made the charges papers available, say the trial is unfinished and the suspects are still wanted by the EFCC.

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That is politics with

That is politics with bitterness.they should leave his excellenc alone to forcus on things hat will bring change to the states not this kind of things.EFCC should have sorted this out with them since.

They should not even try it

They should not even try it instate all aspirants should be allowed to contest for the primaries and the so call Mr Amos should be thinking on how he will settle his problem with EFCC and stop thinking of coming to steal again at the LGA because sooner or later EFCC will find him and as for Mr Governor he should not event think of it because he knows his people so well.

Re: Gov Yakowa, Kaduna PDP.....

I write as a stakeholder from Jema'a LG and wish to state the facts as follows,that:1) Is untrue to say that the Governor who had gone round the 3 Senatorial Districts of Kds admonishing all PDP members against any impositon or anointed candidates will turn around to insist on a candidate for his LG 2)Stakeholders & the party zoned the chairmanship to GODOGODO zone 3)The ff emerged as contestants Y. Chindo,A. Mabin, M. Gandu & D. Amos.4) Yunana Barde who indicated interest didnt gett the support of his ward.5)M. Gandu didnt pick the nomination form. 6)All aspirants participated and DAN AMOS won.7)We are proud to have the Governor from our LG and we can state unequivocally tthat he is the best the state ever had,his past records as the former Minister; federal Perm Sec; SSG Kds & Dep Gov attest to this.

Non-performance?

Well if really true it is good. politics should not be some sort of business.
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Kaduna PDP accused of ....

How was the EFCC boss in 2005 that prosecuted these people? Is it Mr Ribadu? If the answer is yes, then forget that. He was only busy prosecuting opponents of his boss. Can Ribadu subject himself to probes, as he was among the people who were very dishonest during that era of shameful leadership in that country called Nigeria.

Yakowa

A complete gentleman lik Yakowa won't do that,Sahara Reporters should apply investigative journalism and find trie side of d story.

Re: Gov Yakowa, Kaduna PDP.....

I write as a stakeholder from Jema'a LG and wish to state the facts as follows,that:1) Is untrue to say that the Governor who had gone round the 3 Senatorial Districts of Kds admonishing all PDP members against any impositon or anointed candidates will turn around to insist on a candidate for his LG 2)Stakeholders & the party zoned the chairmanship to GODOGODO zone 3)The ff emerged as contestants Y. Chindo,A. Mabin, M. Gandu & D. Amos.4) Yunana Barde who indicated interest didnt gett the support of his ward.5)M. Gandu didnt pick the nomination form. 6)All aspirants participated and DAN AMOS won.7)We are proud to have the Governor from our LG and we can state unequivocally tthat he is the best the state ever had,his past records as the former Minister; federal Perm Sec; SSG Kds & Dep Gov attest to this.

Yakowa Candidate Is EFCC Suspected Criminal

Reuben, re-read the story. Your boss and PDP Kaduna were accused of fielding suspected EFCC criminal, it seem you know little of Kaduna nay Nigeria. The guy was truly a suspected criminal and EFCC prosecuted him. The documents are clear, your boss is a silent criminal.

God-fatherism!

The type of god-fatherism we practice in Nigeria is counter-productive & inimical to our collective growth & progress.

PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN A ROUGE- OKUPE

THE SPOKESMAN FOR PRESIDENT JONATHAN WAS LOCKED UP BY EFCC FOR OVER ONE MONTH FOR DEFRAUDINHG IMO AND BENUE STATE BILLIONS OF NAIRA. OBASANJO INTERVENED AND TILL TODAY HE IS A FREE MAN SPAKING FOR JONATHAN. WHY IS GOV. PARTICK FIELDING A SUSPECT A CRIME WHEN CRIMINALS ARE EVERYWHERE INCLUDING THE PRESIDENTIAL AIDES. IS THAT NOT A SHAME FOR A CRIMINAL TO BE A SPOKEMAN FOR MR. PRESIDENT? THEN WHY IS A SMALL LGA POTENTIAL CHAIRMAN A BIG DEAL?

HAUSA CONSTITUTION

WHY ARE KADUNA PEOPLE COMPLAINING? HOW MANY CROCKS ARE IN NATIONAL OR STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLIES? DIDN'T OBASANJO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD THAT NASS IS FULL OF ROGUES? THIS IS NIGERIA WE HAVE TODAY, WE ARE RULED BY TOO LAZY INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT, ROGUE GOVERNORS,ROGUE LEGISLATURES, ROGUE BILLIONAIRE JUDGES, MONEY THIRSTY EFCC, AND POLICE THAT COLLECT OR KILL FOR N20. KADUNA SHOULD APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR, WHAT OF GOVERNOR ROCHAS WHO DISSOLVED ELECTED CHAIRMEN, RULING THE IMO STATE WITHOUT CHAIRMEN, CONVERTED HIS UNPAID WORKERS AT HIS UNITY HOUSE TO DO THE JOB OF LGA CHAIRMEN AND 160 ADVISERS SO WHICH ONE IS BETTER AND 99% OF THOSE ARE HIS RELATIONS AND KINSMEN. SO WHICH ONE ONE IS BETTER? I BEG LEAVE PATRICK ALONE.

This is just one of the

This is just one of the muslim people that are trying to let the governor out, God will pornish all this muslim people in jesus name.

Ok, Mr. Reuben, what about

Ok, Mr. Reuben, what about the allegations on the EFCC issue? Why are you silent on that? We have so much sycophants in the system.

TELL THEM REUBEN!

IF THEY CANNOT FIELD THE RIGHT CANDIDATES AND ENSURE HE WINS THEY SHOULD NOT BLAME YAKOWA. YAKOWA IS IN KADUNA STATE GOVT HOUSE NOT JEMAA. SO IF INDEED HE HAS THE POWER TO INFLUENCE THE PRIMARIES THEN BY EXTENSION HE HAS THE BACKING OF THE PEOPLE OR THE PEOPLE OF JEMAA ARE SO DOCILE THAT THEY ALLOW THE IMPOSITION. WHICH EVER WAY ONE CHOOSES YAKOWA IS NOT TO BE BLAMED.

THOSE WHO THINK AMOS HAS A CASE TO ANSWER SHOULD GO TO COURT EVEN AFTER THE ELECTION RATHER THAN COMPLAIN.

What are we saying? Is the

What are we saying? Is the constitution not clear about such a case? Find your evidence, present it in the court and let's see whether the court will not act. All this politics of arm twisting is no good.

If truly the Reuben Buhari

If truly the Reuben Buhari that Commented is the Reuben Buhari we all know then kudos to him for taking it to SR and Clarify issues.
Waiting for the EFCC, and Mr.Amos to state their own side of the Story.

lets end this madness

both efcc, yakowa etc are dirty, lets end all this madness of stealing and portraying onself as a saint. This country is going crazy, nothing works even though the looters will lie to themselves that they're working. Wake up youths, join us at www.160bits.com and lets cure this country of madness now when there's still time

lets end all this nonsense

both efcc, yakowa etc are dirty, lets end all this madness of stealing and portraying onself as a saint. This country is going crazy, nothing works even though the looters will lie to themselves that they're working. Wake up youths, join us at www.160bits.com and lets cure this country of madness now when there's still time

Re-Reuben Buhari.

We hear you about the Governor not imposing a candidate on the people of Kaduna and the various local gov'ts, But why did you keep mute on the allegation of the said candidate been onetime prosecuted before a court for financial crimes? Why didn't you say anything about that? So it's true that you are imporsing criminals on the people?

is Dan under investigation

@ MR REuben...Rather than working hard to absolve the Governor of any complicity, try and clarify if Dan was once and still under investigation by the Efcc. To me this should be the crux of the issue.

Re-Reuben Buhari.

We hear you about the Governor not imposing a candidate on the people of Kaduna and the various local gov'ts, But why did you keep mute on the allegation of the said candidate been onetime prosecuted before a court for financial crimes? Why didn't you say anything about that? So it's true that you are imporsing criminals on the people?

Based on this story of His

Based on this story of His excellency, Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, i felt there is an urget need to clarify certain inconsistencies contained in the story.

first, let me emphatically state that Governor Yakowa still remain a " clean Governor" in all previous post he had held in Nigeria.
secondly, prior to the LG elections, he took time to hold a town hall meeting in all the 3 senatorial zones of the state where he declared that he doesnt have any prefered candidate. He made this assertion based on rumours being circulated by some aspirants that they were his annointed candidates. so, its a complete deviation from the truth for sombody to accused the governor of imposing any candidate.
It is also noteworthy that Dan Amos was not the only candidate as contained in your story. Yohanna Chindo, Yunana Barde and Andrew Mabin all took part in the keenly contested primary, which Dan Amos won. So its not true that the Governor imposed anybody in the LG elections.

Birds of the same feather

All of them are bird of the same feather, so what do you expect? What do you expect a scam to do at the helms of the affairs of a Local Government? To loot the Treasury and share the loot between the Governor and the PDP State Chairman.

nigeria for u

We are in a country where anything goes. Pity!

EFCC & court

If Efcc & the court were sincerely looking for him, now they know where to get him. But why did this people kept quiet since 2005? Why? So if there political ambition was not affected they would have remained silent. Oh! Nigeria, God pls. Come down to help ur people

If the trial is unfinished

If the trial is unfinished and he is wanted by the EFCC then at least they now know where he is and should be arrested. That way he will not be available for the election period. Yakowa has no business stopping from contesting since there no conviction to his name.

KD LG Election and Jema'a PDP Candidate

I do not know the candidate in question but I am surprised that those who knew he was a 'fugitive' from justice failed to report approrpiately until they lost the PDP primary elections. How more selfish and self serving could they be? Hmmm!!

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