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Babangida Aliyu reveals why northern PDP govs kicked Jonathan out in 2015


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Babangida Aliyu, a former governor of Niger State, on Friday, revealed that northern governors of the Peoples Democratic Party worked against the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
Aliyu, who was a former chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum, said this was done because Jonathan reneged on an agreement not to seek a second term.

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Aliyu made this known in a statement he signed titled, ‘Why We Opposed Jonathan’s Second Term Bid – Babangida Aliyu.’
He said, “All the governors in the North under the PDP supported the then Vice-President Goodluck 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.

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“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 short-changed 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.”
Aliyu added that the North stood disadvantaged by Yar’Adua’s death and the insistence that Jonathan should run for the office of president in 2015.
“We acted in good spirit and argued our points based on principle and on the subsisting agreement we had with Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. That agreement was written and accepted by all.
“We didn’t oppose Jonathan but we were opposed to his insistence on a second term in office because the North would have lost out completely.”
“It is, therefore, wrong for anyone to erroneously say that I, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, had opposed Goodluck Jonathan,” he added.
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