Tell Us What You Did With Over N100 Billion You Received In The Last One Year–Katsina To Masari

The Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP in Katsina state has turned the heat on Governor Aminu Bello Masari, accusing him of  using the Judicial Commission of Inquiry  he set up to divert attention from his alleged  lack of achievement. PDP made this known in statement slamming the activities of the Commission of Inquiry set up to probe the tenure of  ex-Governor Ibrahim Shema and his officials.

A statement Thursday signed by Salisu Yusuf Majigiri, Chairman, PDP, Katsina state said “We urge the members of the public to discountenance the campaign of calumny against Shema and the officials of the immediate past administration, which has become Masari’s agenda to divert the people attention away from over N100 billion received in the last one year of his administration without any achievement, which has become source of agitation and concern among the state populace.

The statement also accused Masari indicting Shema even before the conclusion of the Commission’s work. It also said the conflicting figures of alleged looted fund quoted by Masari so far ought to embarrass members of the commission.

According to Katsina PDP,  “If it is in an environment where honour, integrity and public interest superseded self-interest,  the Commission and its chairman in collaboration with their pay master, ought to feel embarrassed with the conflicting figures coming out from Masari government officials, which has turned the whole sitting to a show of shame.

The   statement said, “It is no longer a news that  Katsina state Judicial Commission of Inquiry has been conducting media trial against former Governor of  Katsina state, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, members of his cabinet as well as his officials and local government chairmen who served under him, despite the pending court cases at the court of Appeal,  Federal High Court and the High Court of Katsina state.  The Commission headed by a serving Judge of Plateau state judiciary ( Justice M I Sirajo) unfortunately ignored these cases by refusing to stop sitting, knowing fully well that all the cases involved pending applications for injunctions and stay of proceedings, and the Commission and its chairman were duly served with all the court processes.

“Also, at the Commission sitting on Wednesday 17th August, 2016, Justice Sirajo was angry with the Katsina state PDP chairman, Hon Salisu Yusuf Majigiri for dragging him before the National Judicial Council for misconduct.  The chairman of the Commission in open sitting attacked the state PDP chairman and jetted(sic) that the PDP chairman is passing through problem at Port Harcourt as the court stopped the PDP convention. Sadly, this matter has nothing to do with the Commission of Inquiry.

It said further that ‘Apparently, Governor Masari who has already indicted former Governor Shema through his utterances in print and electronic media before and after his setting up the Commission of Inquiry is now using the media and the Commission to achieve his goal of witch hunting and discrediting Shema and the officials of his administration.

“So far, the desperation exhibited by the Commission and the reckless statement of the Commission’s chairman have confirmed our initial observation that the Commission is meant to do an hatchet job for Masari,  and it is not meant to serve the cause of justice. Hence we decided to take our cases to court of competent jurisdiction in the country to seek for justice and fairness,  and give account of  our stewardship in line with the law of the land.