By Elder Karofi
It was not until Governor Bala Muhammad declined to support him that he proved to the whole that Governor Bala Muhammad was right about his decision after all. It was not until Farouq Mustapha recently started politically whimpering like an orphan that it dawned on many of us that Farouq Mustapha was not only resented for political backing from any serious political heavyweight in the Bauchi South but also pained by the realisation that the Bauchi Government is not made for political neophytes who have no reason whatsoever to be there.
Farouq Mustapha had, during a political rally, dropped a yet another accusation of being threatened with assassination the moment he decided to resign from the APM. Even though he did not provide any evidence to back his incendiary claims, what surprised a lot of us is the political implications of his statement because it brought to light his bitter resentment after being left out as his governorship ambition faltered.
As a person who has built his most memorable political careers as a political mentee to Governor Bala Muhammad, Farouq Mustapha, wanted in vain to be announced for the Bauchi APM Governorship ticket, but having lost out to Yakubu Adamu, Farouq Mustapha has instead curved a niche for himself with his new-found anti-Kaura rhetorics he seeks to capitalize for political relevance.
Since his emergence as a deputy to one of the least popular political players in Bauchi, MA Abubakar, the man has been gallivanting from one controversy to another seeking to use Governor Bala Muhammad as his political scapegoat.
As a pariah politician who has resigned to be a handpicked deputy, Farouq Mustapha has already relegated himself to a sidekick to those who do desperately seek to sabotage transformational projects of the governor by distracting him from focusing on what matters.
What Farouq Mustapha has so far failed to come to terms with is the sheer limit of his political sabotages. He can align with whoever he wishes, he can spew out his asinine and provocative claims, expecting a pushback from Kaura’s supporters, but the truth remains that Yakubu Adamu will not only defeat Farouq Mustapha through his new-found masters, but also that Farouq Mustapha may never be able to get another chance similar to the one Governor Bala Muhammad accorded him with which he used to build bring himself to the limelight.
