HON. KYARI GUJBAWU
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 23, (THEWILL) – The member representing Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) of Borno State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Kyari Gujbawu, has come under attack from his constituents.
A group, Maiduguri Patriotic Front (MPC) on Monday gave him a hard knock for losing touch with his base.
Condemning the lawmaker for turning himself into the unofficial spokesperson of President Goodluck Jonathan, the group, in a statement signed by its secretary, Abba Kime Lawan, accused Gujbawu of selling out his constituency in order to please the Presidency for his selfish interests.
Describing the lawmaker as a sycophant, the group said he was not elected to be the mouthpiece of President Jonathan but to speak on behalf of the people of Maiduguri who have shown displeasure with the handling of the Boko Haram crisis by the President.
“It is unfortunate that Gujbawu has made it his ‘new legislative duty’ to regularly and unnecessarily speak against the overall interest of Borno people over matters he shows clear ignorance of,” the statement said, adding the “lawmaker is fast becoming a lost son.”
The group said: “We have noticed for sometime now, that our otherwise representative,Hon. Kyari Gujbawu, forcefully and needlessly go to the media in support of the Presidency against Borno any time there are issues and in the process he displays ignorance of the matters at stake.”
The group explained that the lawmaker might have decided to become President Jonathan’s errand boy instead of giving his people the right representation because of the fear that he might not be re-elected but stand a better chance of being selected a minister by the president.
It therefore advised the lawmaker to retrace his step and stop standing against the interest of the Borno people.
