Ambassador Umaru Damagum, the governorship candidate of People Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe state during the 2019 General Election has distanced himself from a suit seeking the removal of Governor Mai Mala Buni.
The opposition party, in a suit which has its chieftains from Yobe, Umar Damagum and Baba Aji as plaintiffs, is praying the court to declare that Mr Buni’s emergence as the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee breached Section 183 of the country’s Constitution which bars a sitting executive from holding two offices at the same time.
In his reaction to the suit, Damagum told newsmen in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, that he only got to know about the suit while watching the news yesterday by 8pm.
The former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Romania and Bulgaria added he has not contacted or briefed any lawyer to institute a case on his behalf on the matter in question.
He suspected some disgruntled All Progressives Congress (APC) members following the last ward congress and PDP elements may be behind the suit to unsettle Gov. Buni.
“I think some members of my party the PDP were not happy with the success of the last state congress that we did in the State.
“For your information, there is a court case at the Damaturu High Court and I suspect it’s a ploy to frustrate that case.
”I also think that this may be coming from the APC members themselves looking at the gang up against Gov. Buni in the part,” Amb. Damagum explained.
The PDP chieftain explained he has asked his lawyer to investigate whoever is behind the suit and get back to him, promising to provide updates by noon.
According to him: “It’s laughable that those who instituted that case are not aware that my running mate has since decamped to APC”.
