Tag: Bafarawa
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Presidential primary: Bafarawa pledges loyalty to PDP if he loses ticket
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Attahiru Bafarawa, has said he would not leave the party if he loses in the primary election. Bafarawa, who is a former governor of Sokoto State, stated this in Minna, the Niger State capital on Monday. He spoke at a meeting with the…
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Alleged N15b fraud: EFCC kicks as court clears ex-Sokoto gov, Bafarawa
A Sokoto State High Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, and two others of 22 corruption charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency accused Bafarawa, who was Sokoto State Governor between 1999 and 2007, and the others of…
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Elections won’t hold in 2019 if herdsmen/farmers’ crisis persist, Bafarawa tells Buhari
A former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, on Friday said that there would be no elections in Nigeria in 2019 if the Federal Government failed to find long-lasting solutions to the recurring herdsmen/farmers crisis that has led to the wanton loss of lives and destruction of properties, especially in Benue State. Bafarawa made…
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BAFARAWA: A political bridge @ 62
It was the legendary football Manager and Coach, Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) who must have first accurately captured Bafarawa’s school of thought in his masterpiece then; when he wrote that ‘Contrary to opinion of many people, leaders are not born. Leaders are made, and they are made by efforts and hard work’. Hence, from the foregoing…