{"id":22527,"date":"2021-04-17T03:49:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T02:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=22527"},"modified":"2021-04-17T03:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T02:49:56","slug":"why-northern-pdp-governors-worked-against-jonathans-re-election-ex-niger-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/17\/why-northern-pdp-governors-worked-against-jonathans-re-election-ex-niger-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why northern PDP governors worked against Jonathan&#8217;s re-election &#8211; Ex-Niger governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has disclosed why northern governors of the Peoples Democratic Party worked against the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu stated that PDP northern governors worked against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/ballot-should-decide-winners-of-elections-not-courts-says-jonathan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan<\/a>\u2019s re-election because he broke an agreement not to seek a second term.<\/p>\n<p>The former Niger governor made this known in a statement he signed titled, \u2018Why We Opposed Jonathan\u2019s Second Term Bid \u2013Babangida Aliyu.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to his purported suspension by the PDP in Chachanga Local Government Area of Niger State for alleged anti-party activities, including working against Jonathan in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAll the governors in the North under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/09\/pdp-governors-storm-makurdi-for-forums-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDP<\/a> supported the then Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to complete the remaining years of Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s tenure and to contest the next presidential election as a sole candidate of our great party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, midway, President Goodluck Jonathan insisted to run for the office in 2015 against the grain of our earlier agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn that premise, we opposed Jonathan. But all along, Goodluck Jonathan had enjoyed every support from the governors in the north and the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu, who was a former chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum and a former leader of a PDP faction, said the North stood disadvantaged by Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s death and the insistence that Jonathan should run for the office of president in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t oppose Jonathan but we were opposed to his insistence on a second term in office because the North would have lost out completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is, therefore, wrong for anyone to erroneously say that I, Dr Mu\u2019azu Babangida Aliyu, had opposed Goodluck Jonathan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has disclosed why northern governors of the Peoples Democratic Party worked against the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. Aliyu stated that PDP northern governors worked against Jonathan\u2019s re-election because he broke an agreement not to seek a second term. 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