APC STATE CONGRESS: Adamawa Commissioner And LGA Chairman Fight Dirty Over Money For Mobilization...…The Commissioner Lost A Tooth In The Encounter

It appears two politicians of Adamawa state are in a fierce battle over money given for logistics to mobilise the Party members of All Progressives Congress, APC, of Lamurde Local Government Council during the last ward Congress of the party.

They are:

• Barr Shanti Shashi who is the Commissioner of Solid Minerals of the state and an Indigene of Lamurde, and,
• Mr Vrati Nzonzo, the executive Chairman of Lamurde LGA, accused of beating up the commissioner over the money.

Vrati was later dragged to court for manhandling the female Commissioner by the Adamawa branch of Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA) for alleged beating up Ms Shanti.

We gathered that Nzonzo battered Shashi, the commissioner for Solid Minerals, who lost a tooth in the encounter all because she collected fund released by the State Government for logistics in Lamurde during the local government congress.

“Nzonzo as the chairman of Lamurde felt Shashi is daring his authority as the man in charge at the grassroots when he arrived Yola to collect the money but was told Shashi who also hail from Lamurde has collected the money.

“When angry Nzonzo left after a shouting match with Shashi in Yola, I knew the last has not been heard about them,” an authoritative source who preferred anonymity said.

FIDA felt Shashi as one of their own (being a lawyer) needed support from the union that is vehemently opposed to violence against women.

“We stood for other women and definitely we can’t abandoned our own,” said a female lawyer who simply identified as Maryam.

The alleged beating infuriated Hon. Vrati Nzonzo and he bluntly denied the  purported report written against him by an online paper (New Hawk) accusing him of beating up the commissioner of Solid Minerals,Barr Shanti Shanshi.

Nzonzo narrates his own part of the story that the honourable commissioner should just bury herself in shame for wanting to steal money that was meant for the people of his LGA during the last Local government Congresses.

According to him ”Shanti is not his political Mate; stooping down to fight her to the extent of losing one of her tooth is just an immature level of political game she is trying to play that can cost her entire political career.

“All I Know is that she carted away money that was not meant for her, but for the people at the grass root to help in conducting a local government Congresses of our party (APC), by wanting to pilfer the money given.

“In a heated arguments to give the money to our LGA chairman of our Party she became adamant, trying to zoom off with the Cash where I grabbed the keys of her car in an effort to stop her from going.

“It beat my imagination to read that I beat my commissioner; she is not my political mate because she is in the bad losses,” Vrati said

He further say that he has senior government officials that stand to be his witness as the drama played out in their presence where they sue for peace between them.

A strong authoritative stakeholder of Lamurde, simply known as Gabriel, laments bitterly that shanshi has been going about romancing with the political enemies of Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, frustrating his efforts.

He said that nothing tangible, she can boast of as a commissioner, has come from that area despite all the abundant chances of helping them in the area.

“It’s a pity to let you know that our commissioner has been wining and dining with even Bindow’s enemies, aligning herself with our house of representative member, Talatu who is known to be an anti-Bindow, our progressive Governor.

“She is one of the enemies of our local government, causing all kind of confusion, using the privilege of her office to defraud people and our state.

“I have all her dossiers of her schemes plans to defraud the state government using her office to the detriment of our people.

“I have never seen or hear that she empower or help anybody from our area, so all what I discovered about her is selfishness and greed.

“I don’t think our Chairman can stoop low to the extent of beating her up. Vrati is too big for that; he is a perfect gentleman please,” he said.

Nzonzo bragged to take FIDA to court in a near future and waiting for the day that he will be summoned by the court, saying that with his evidences and witness FIDA are losers.

As competent lawyers he expect them to give room for fair hearing but he wonder the type of law they are practicing.

However, while he doubt the authenticity of FIDA taking him to court, he has firm belief its Hon Shanshi that took him to court in an attempt to settle her political scores with him.

“FIDA did not took me to court. All I know it is shanti.

“I’m ready to go to court with her to hear and see her proofs of accusations.

“If she has a political scores to settle with me let her do it the right way but by stealing innocent people money…

“I’m assuring you I will take FIDA to court for defamation of character as they claimed to be the people fighting me,” he vowed.

He dispelled the earlier report by New Hawk to have been concocted to dent his image but resort to go to a competent court of law to seek for redress.