Information reaching us right now has it that governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party are set to leave Nigeria on Tuesday 25th July, 2017 to visit President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria in London.
We gathered that the visit was being organised by the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Munguno (retd.). However, one thing that is not clear is if Babagana was responsible for the governors picked for the visit.
Sources disclosed to us that among the governors who were picked from the six geo-political zones of the country are; Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State.
Be that as it may, one of the governors who did not make the list reveals: “I was surprised when I heard about the journey from one of my counterparts, if the secretariat and the governors had been contacted, the governors would have picked at least one of the PDP governors that had been critical of the President.”
“Our colleagues are going to London to see the President. But I’m not happy that someone like the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, or his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Nyesom Wike, is not on the delegation.”
“Though there are PDP governors on the delegation, we know ourselves and also know those we know are truly part of the opposition and those close to the ruling All Progressives Congress.”
“The governors had been directed to be at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday 26th July, 2017. From there, they will fly to the United Kingdom.”