Former Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has lambasted former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State.
Jang said; “Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu Lied. For the avoidance of doubt, despite the perceived shortcomings of President Goodluck Jonathan, I believe that Jonathan was better equipped to rule Nigeria at the time, especially when his opponent was General Buhari.”
“Jang did not hide his conviction concerning Buhari’s inabilities to resolve the nation’s challenges and sensitivities of the issues at the moment.”
“Unfortunately, Buhari won and we are all witnesses to the tales of woes. I am not one who speaks from both sides of his mouth, rather I speak and supports only what I believe, little wonder Plateau was won by President Jonathan in the 2015 general election.”
“It was largely due to my hard work as governor. For emphasis sake, there was no basis for me not to have supported Dr. Jonathan especially when the contest was against General Buhari.”
This was what ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State said that northern governors did to former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 presidential election.
He said; “following the sudden passage of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on May 5, 2010, the leadership of the then governing Peoples Democratic Party along with the state governors under the flagship of the party had series of meetings on the presidency and the future of our great party.”
“All the governors in the north under the PDP supported the then Vice-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to complete the remaining years of Yar’Adua’s tenure and to contest the next presidential election as a sole candidate of our great party.”
“However, midway, President Goodluck Jonathan insisted to run for the office in 2015 against the grain of our earlier agreement. 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.”
“On that premise, we opposed Jonathan. But all along, Goodluck Jonathan had enjoyed every support from the governors in the north and the entire region.”