Governor of Niger State Babangida Aliyu
has revealed of the existence of an agreement signed between President
Goodluck Jonathan and some Northern governors in which Jonathan pledged
to do only one term of four years from 2011 to 2015.
The governor said it was on the basis of that agreement that himself
and some other Northern Governors, especially those of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party supported the President during the 2011
Presidential election, a decision that majority of the people of the
region found offensive.
In an interview he granted Liberty FM
which would be aired for the first time tomorrow, Governor Babangida
Aliyu who is also the chairman of Northern Governors Forum (NGF) said he
and others are with copies of the agreement which Jonathan duly signed,
and in which he promised to do only one terms of four years.
The Hausa version of the Governor’s
interview is billed to be aired between 11am to 12noon tomorrow while
the English version would be on air by 12noon and would be on till 1pm.
The Governor said he and the other
signatories of the agreement have no doubt that the President would keep
the terms of the agreement. He added that President Jonathan has not
told them that he will contest the 2015 Presidential election as is
being speculated.
It would be recalled that Aliyu had
declared his intention to seek the presidency on February 7th during the
launch of The Accidental Public Servant, the controversial book by
Nasir Elrufai.
Aliyu had said at that function that “I am not an accidental public servant; I have been preparing myself to be president, I am just not saying anything now,”
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