The Bauchi State Police Command has rescued a middle-aged man identified as Muhammad Lawan, popularly known as Babangida, who was allegedly confined and kept in leg chains by his biological father for an astonishing 17 years.
He’s the people’s governor. Some call him a servant leader. In other fora, he’s called a visionary governor. These epithets capture Dikko Umaru Radda, the governor who has orchestrated what can only be described as democracy’s finest moment in Katsina’s history. He created a budget that carries the voices of 71,384 citizens, carefully sought the opinions of 6,649 households, and ensured that women (32.1% of attendees) and persons with disabilities (4.9%) were not mere spectators but active participants in shaping their state’s financial destiny.
“Katsina is not just developing. It is leading.” Those were the words of Vice President Kashim Shettima as he departed Katsina on Tuesday afternoon, after a two-day working visit that revealed the depth of transformation happening in the state. It was not a political statement. It was an observation—one made by Nigeria’s number two citizen after witnessing firsthand what Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has built.