The controversy over who deserves credit for the establishment of the Federal University Wukari has taken a fresh turn, as contemporaneous documentary evidence challenges former Senator Emmanuel Bwacha’s claim of playing a leading role in bringing the institution to the community, with records showing that Chief Damian Dodo, SAN was formally recognised for his influence in securing the university’s location, honoured by the university with an honorary doctorate and invited to commission its Faculty of Law building, while informed sources close to Dodo maintain that Taraba could have lost the institution to Yobe without Dodo’s determined intervention in collaboration with key government officials, Sunday Ehigiator writes
Fresh documentary evidence has challenged claims by the former senator representing the Taraba South senatorial district from 2011 to 2023, Emmanuel Bwacha, that he played a decisive role in bringing the Federal University Wukari (FUWUKARI) to Wukari, Taraba State, with records from 2021 and 2022 showing that Chief Damian D. Dodo, SAN was formally recognised for his influence in securing the institution for Taraba state and for Wukari town.
Bwacha’s Claim
Bwacha had, during an interview with a podcast platform, ‘Spill It’, which has since circulated on social media, downplayed the role of Dodo. While acknowledging himself and Dodo were responsible for bringing the university to Wukari, he insisted that Dodo’s role only ended with suggesting the idea, while he personally took the idea to the late Governor of the state, Danbaba Suntai, who then consented to his request as if Dodo himself had no access to the late Governor Danbaba Suntai who frequently had dinner in Dodo’ residence eating his favourite grass cutter.
