A report by Daily
Trust indicate that two former governors of Sokoto state, Attahiru Dalhatu
Bafarawa and Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko engaged in a war of words at the
Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto on Monday, December 9.
Bafarawa was said to
have shunned Wamakko who stood to greet him at the VIP lodge of the airport on
his arrival.
According to the
report, Bafarawa’s action was the recent statement made by his predecessor,
which termed him as a seasonal migrant to Sokoto state.
Bafarawa had allegedly
asked Wamakko “You said I am a seasonal visitor to Sokoto, why are you greeting
me. I know my father and grand father were born and died here, I can even show
you their graves. Can you show me the grave of your grand father?,” .
Wamakko was said to
have responded by saying: “I don’t want to know where your father and grant
father are buried. All I know is that you are a seasonal migrant in Sokoto,
that is all. “There are other people whose parents and grant parents have been
buried here but you called them seasonal migrants as well. So just go and face
your businesses.” The duo, however, boarded the same flight to Abuja after the
hot exchange of words.
Wamakko, now a
senator, deputized Bafarawa for almost eight years before he voluntarily
resigned to avoid impeachment.
The senator later
succeeded Bafarawa after defeating his anointed candidate who is now the
minister of police affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi in the Sokoto
state 2007 governorship election.
