Auwal Mohammed Jatau, the Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, has described the allegation of slapping the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar as scandalous, untrue.
He said this while speaking to unconfirmed reports that he attacked the minister on the way to the palace of Emir of Bauchi for the turbaning of former Governor Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar, SAN, as Makama Babba 1 of Bauchi Emirate, and the wedding Fatiha of his daughter, Khadija Muhammad.
Addressing journalists through Muslim Lawal, his media aide, Bauchi’s number two citizen said, “No, no, how can a deputy governor slap a minister? I don’t think such ever can happen in Bauchi because l know my principal as a responsible leader and number two citizen in Bauchi can never slap a minister or any person.”
“I am not aware about that and I am hearing it for the first time. If there is any evidence that the deputy governor did that you can speak on that. We don’t know about it. The deputy governor cannot do that and that is our position,” Lawal said.
All efforts to get the reaction of the Foreign Affairs Minister were not successful at the time of filing this report.
