“Projects Speak for Themselves” — Dr Duhu Defends Fintiri’s Record, Dismisses Iyawa’s Critique as Mere Insinuation

By Emmanuel Kwada 

Prominent legal scholar and commentator Dr. Umar Duhu has thrown his weight behind Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s administration, delivering a robust defence of its performance while sharply criticising a recent article by Aminu Iyawa as lacking substance and relying on insinuation rather than facts.

In a strongly worded response titled “Facts Over Insinuation: Why I Stand with Governor Fintiri and Disagree Totally with Aminu Iyawa,” published on May 29, 2026, Dr. Duhu, who holds LLB, LLM, and PhD qualifications, aligned himself fully with the Adamawa State Government’s official rebuttal issued a day earlier.

Dr. Duhu argued that the Fintiri administration’s achievements since 2019 are not abstract claims but verifiable realities visible across the state’s three senatorial districts.

He highlighted significant interventions in infrastructure, education, healthcare, and internal security, pointing to completed trunk roads, bridges, cottage hospitals, and rehabilitated public schools as tangible evidence of progress that citizens experience daily.

“The projects speak for themselves,” Dr. Duhu declared, invoking the legal principle of res ipsa loquitur to assert that the administration’s record requires no further rhetoric, as the physical outcomes stand as undeniable proof of governance delivered.

Addressing accusations of marginalisation and exclusion, the scholar emphasised that the government has pursued policies rooted in constitutional principles of equity, federal character, and non-discrimination.

He described the restoration and creation of chiefdoms and emirates as a landmark act of institutional justice that corrects historical imbalances and affirms the identity of long-marginalised communities.

Dr. Duhu took particular exception to the tone and methodology of Aminu Iyawa’s article, “The King Who Fell To The Mosquito,” describing it as built largely on selective narratives and conjecture instead of empirical data, budget performance reports, audit trails, or physical project verification.

“Governance must be appraised on objective metrics,” he stated. “To substitute insinuation for evidence is to depart from the principle that he who asserts must prove.”

The intervention comes amid growing political discourse in Adamawa as the administration enters its final year. Dr. Duhu maintained that any attempt to recast the government’s demonstrable progress as divisive is a mischaracterisation that undermines the real benefits delivered to the people.

He concluded by expressing full confidence in Governor Fintiri’s legacy of restoring public order, expanding access to social services, and administering the state with fairness and inclusion.

The response reinforces the government’s narrative that its achievements are concrete and measurable, shifting the debate from perception to verifiable outcomes as the state prepares for the next political cycle.