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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, last night, described a former governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, as a despicable fellow, who resorted to lies and half-truths to try to remain politically relevant. Jonathan also called Aliyu a backstabber, in a statement by one of the ex-presidentâs former aides, Reno Omokri, maintaining that âAs long as that remains his character trait, he will always be at the back.â
The former president was reacting to claims by Aliyu that the reason Jonathan lost the 2015 election was because all the northern governors resolved not to support him.
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Babangida Aliyu, ex-governor of Niger state, lied over his claim that northern Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors worked against him in the 2015 elections.
On Friday, Aliyu said PDP governors in northern states opposed Jonathan’s bid for a second term because he reneged on their agreement not to seek another tenure.
“Since this was against the grain of our earlier agreement in the party, and which we the governors in the north felt the North would have been shortchanged if Jonathan had succeeded, we rose stoutly to insist on the agreement we all had,” he had said.
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On Friday, Aliyu said PDP governors in northern states opposed Jonathan’s bid for a second term because he reneged on their agreement not to seek another tenure.
“Since this was against the grain of our earlier agreement in the party, and which we the governors in the north felt the North would have been shortchanged if Jonathan had succeeded, we rose stoutly to insist on the agreement we all had,” he had said.
Aliyu’s claim had since elicited reactions with Jonah Jang, former governor of Plateau
refuting the claimand that he was not part of northern PDP governors that worked against Jonathan.
I Had No Agreement With Northern PDP Governors, Jonathan Blast Aliyu Posted by Nwa DiokpaFeatured, Latest News, News Across Nigeria Sunday, April 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has berated former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, saying that his claim that northern People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors worked against him in the 2015 elections.
African Examiner writes that on Friday Aliyu had stated that PDP governors in northern states opposed Jonathan’s bid for a second term since he reneged on their agreement not to seek another tenure.
“Since this was against the grain of our earlier agreement in the party, and which we the governors in the north felt the North would have been shortchanged if Jonathan had succeeded, we rose stoutly to insist on the agreement we all had,” he had said.