Former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has made a shocking confession. “US government officials invited, at least, 12 northern governors to the US to ascertain their level of commitment to removing Jonathan and not just on how to curtail the Boko Haram insurgency.”

“I have no proof of course, but I think the idea was to ascertain what the disposition of the North would be to the idea of another term for President Jonathan. That was my reading of the situation. I believe it was all about the 2015 election for which the Americans had resolved not to support Jonathan. They just wanted to size us up for the level of commitment to regime change.”

“Murtala Nyako, former Adamawa state governor, accused Jonathan of sponsoring Boko Haram with the intent of destroying the North. Nyako’s accusation signalled to the Americans that the North was not in support of Jonathan’s re-election bid. Nyako was further quoted as saying: “If Jonathan had been clever enough to say he would not run and had stuck with the PDP zoning formula by supporting a young Northern candidate, I am most certain Buhari would have shelved his ambition to contest in 2015, knowing there was no way he would win.”

The ex-governor disclosed this in a book titled, ‘Against the Run of Play,’ written by the Chairman, Editorial Board of ThisDay Newspaper, Olusegun Adeniyi.