Dankwambo vs Goje: the battle of supremacy in Gombe PDP
Dankwambo vs Goje: the battle of supremacy in Gombe PDP Since handing over power to Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo in May, 2011, the former Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Danjuma Goje remains in the headlines. For close to 3 years now, the governor is shuttling from one court to another trying to defend his alleged diversion of state funds and other charges. Initially, the state government has distanced itself from the travails of the former governor; however, recently, the State Governor came out publicly to declare that the sum of N5.7billion, being a refund by the federal government to complete some of the projects undertaken on its behalf by the state could not be located in any of the state's accounts. This is the first time that the state Governor was coming out publicly to accuse his predecessor of fraud. In his remarks after he was presented with reports of committees set-up to analyze the problems of the state and advise him on how to move the state forward, Gov...