Posted by Muhammadu Bello Kirfi, a former minister of special duties, has been cleared for immediate expulsion from the Bauchi Emirate Council for showing disloyalty and disrespect to Bala Mohammed, the state governor.
In a letter dated Tuesday and signed by Shehu Mudi Muhammad, the council also revoked the former minister’s right to use the title Wazirin Bauchi.
I’m required to make reference to a letter obtained from the Ministry of Local Government Affairs with reference number MLG/LG/S/72/T dated December 30, 2022, Shehu added. Your disloyalty and disrespect for the authorities, including the state’s executive governor, were made clear by the letter’s content. Therefore, it instructed removal to take place immediately.
You are hereby discharged from your positions as Wazirin Bauchi and a Council Member of the Bauchi Emirate in light of the foregoing.
Remember that Dr. Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, the Emir of Bauchi, had previously suspended Muhammadu from his duties as the Wazirin of Bauchi in 2017. and reinstated on August 5th, 2022 by Governor Mohammed, who delivered the letter of reinstatement to Kirfi’s home in Bauchi.
During the administrations of Presidents Shehu Shagari and Olusegun Obasanjo, Kirfi served as both the Minister of Special Duties and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.