Bauchi recovers 22 Cars from 3 of Yuguda’s 4 Wives

Bauchi State
government has seized a total 22 vehicles in the possession of the wives
of former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, Vanguard reports.

The Chairman of
the Transition Committee, Senator Mohammed Mohammed who spoke yesterday
at the Government House in Bauchi said that the recovery of the vehicles
was in tandem with the mandate of the committee to recover all items
confirmed to have been allocated against due and return them to the
government.

He said:” we have so far, recovered a total of 22
cars from the wives of the former Governor, Isa Yuguda. We recovered 11
cars from his first wife, seven from the second wife and four from the
third wife. We are yet to recover the remaining cars from his fourth
wife who is currently out of the country.

“We will ensure that
whoever is in possession of government properties will be forced to
return them. We urge public servants and the general public, especially
those involved in the disposal and allocation of the property in
question to cooperate with the committee for the effective discharge of
its assignment.”

Governor Mohammed Abubakar had vowed that he
would employ all measures to trace funds and property allegedly looted
during the tenure of the immediate past administration under Yuguda in
the state.