Fayose Needs Urgent Psychiatric Test - APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPO65FjIckkjmmqdt7oLfxgOlHoziSEziPcI5WWFsegYAg46aUJPWQmdulidSW_1tAcomsePH4pdivZKX5ZrScXBOa_JtH5rjjXyYTdp9_n5SsE_LKY_b09-eQUbOCimglhnnKmuz1mE8/s1600/Fayose2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPO65FjIckkjmmqdt7oLfxgOlHoziSEziPcI5WWFsegYAg46aUJPWQmdulidSW_1tAcomsePH4pdivZKX5ZrScXBOa_JtH5rjjXyYTdp9_n5SsE_LKY_b09-eQUbOCimglhnnKmuz1mE8/s1600/Fayose2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said Governor Ayodele Fayose needs psychiatric test with the way he has been spending millions on adverts to run down its presidential candidate, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The party accused Fayose of engaging in diversionary tactics to cover up his alleged involvement in the fraudulent practices during the June 21 poll as contained in the Capt Sagir Koli’s secretly recorded audio tape .</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> APC declared that the revelations in the tape would not be eclipsed by his anti-Buhari campaign antics, stressing that the money the governor.is spending in his hate campaign could have been channeled towards productive activities for the benefit of Ekiti people.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, an ex-member of the Senate, Mr Ayo Arise, has said President Goodluck Jonathan cannot be accused of having been solely responsible for the crises bedeviling the country, particularly the insurgency and dwindling fortunes of the economy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Arise, ex-Chairman Senate Committee on Privatization, also disagreed with the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, over his consistent ‘death-wish’ adverts against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari.</div>

Fayose Needs Urgent Psychiatric Test - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said Governor Ayodele Fayose needs psychiatric test with the way he has been spe...

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APC Manifesto Unrealistic, Deceitful - PDP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffatYB0Darjk5cgdgp6oLvAv8-FmesSpg6FGTq5tgHH_jbpxnkHzPROC7iGjog0gd9w0Jh5tMWTUdaoYpCBGeOgnDxgjg8BJW6jmrODyuR98p4kSURsYT9BE5KwczmsRDIAIXieBVNI3u/s1600/Olisa-Metuh-412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffatYB0Darjk5cgdgp6oLvAv8-FmesSpg6FGTq5tgHH_jbpxnkHzPROC7iGjog0gd9w0Jh5tMWTUdaoYpCBGeOgnDxgjg8BJW6jmrODyuR98p4kSURsYT9BE5KwczmsRDIAIXieBVNI3u/s1600/Olisa-Metuh-412.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has said the electoral promises made to Nigerians by the main opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress are not realistic.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It, therefore, urged Nigerians to discard them, saying there was no way the APC Presidential Candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) would fulfill such promises if elected.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It also accused the APC of deceiving Nigerians in a bid to win votes, saying the APC had formed the habit of "one day, one lie".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said the PDP had performed well with its present programmes for the nation, and that the APC can never match what the PDP had done for the country in the last 16 years.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Metuh insisted that the promise of monthly stipend to unemployed youths by the APC in relation to its cost on the finances of the nation, was unrealistic and unrealisable.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said, “The APC in one of its phantom promises said it would pay a stipend of ₦5,000 each to 25 million poor Nigerians monthly. This gives a total of ₦125 billion each month and ₦1.5 trillion every year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “What is baffling is that the APC knows full well that this is not only unrealistic but also impracticable in a nation with an estimated budget of ₦4.69 trillion comprising recurrent and capital expenditures yet they continue to dish it out to unsuspecting citizens in a clear bid to mislead.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Also, the deceitful tendency of the APC came to light in its promise to create 740,000 direct jobs in each of the 36 states of the federation and the FCT within one year while on the other hand promising to create one million jobs for Igbo youths also within the same period. We ask, which do we believe?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The APC has also promised to provide free education, daily free meals for millions of Nigerian school children, free tertiary education, free health care and free houses to Nigerians.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The opposition knows too well that this is unrealistic yet they prefer to brandish falsehood.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He challenged the APC to explain to Nigerians how it would fulfill such promises with the prevailing 40 percent  drop in national income and dwindling oil price in the international market.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Metuh said, “These promises are therefore either bogus or part of their plot to subject the citizens to a harsh tax regime ostensibly to finance Bourdilon Drive and other personal interests, the real reason they desperately seek power.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “We therefore challenge the APC to come forward and admit before Nigerians that these promises are false and merely deceitful if not they should be bold enough to tell Nigerians that they are planning to skyrocket our personal income and company taxes if they ever get to power.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-manifesto-unrealistic-pdp/">PUNCH</a></b>, Metuh insisted that the PDP government is workers and investors-friendly as the tax regime under its leadership is good for an average Nigerian while insisting that the APC will impose terrible tax regime on the people to achieve a minute of its numerous promises, even if it will give it a try at all.</div>

APC Manifesto Unrealistic, Deceitful - PDP

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N'Delta Militants Softpedal, Plead For Jonathan's Re-election

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6jZoQSYhRLmwU2GjKWXYJEp2f6d2R6zmUiHDrsrVhIzfFZ0JEx3fvE26Zfk7HqmYSLwUchg9s0IJ2HlU5sNJbob1gtvJufSr1UVHqiRZCyGX2kfx9ysh4EwBec-isPd4dhdIAwbPMOwu/s1600/Niger-Delta-militants_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6jZoQSYhRLmwU2GjKWXYJEp2f6d2R6zmUiHDrsrVhIzfFZ0JEx3fvE26Zfk7HqmYSLwUchg9s0IJ2HlU5sNJbob1gtvJufSr1UVHqiRZCyGX2kfx9ysh4EwBec-isPd4dhdIAwbPMOwu/s1600/Niger-Delta-militants_0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>In a remarkable change of tone, ex-militant leaders from the Niger Delta zone who had threatened mayhem if President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated in the forthcoming presidential election, yesterday pleaded with Nigerians to vote to re-elect the incumbent president. They suggested that Mr. Jonathan be returned to office based on what they described as the noticeable achievements of his administration, noting that the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) had waged a campaign of hate against the president.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Speaking as members of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiatives (LPCDI), the ex-militant figures stated that, though the media campaign against President Jonathan was filled with hatred and deceit, the Nigerian voters should support the president’s re-election based on the achievements of his administration in the areas of education, power, infrastructural development and security.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ex-militants issued their new toned-down endorsement of Mr. Jonathan at the end of a meeting presided over by the group’s national coordinator, Reuben Wilson, popularly known as <i>General Pastor Reuben</i>. The meeting was held yesterday in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. The group called on voters to focus on Mr. Jonathan’s performance instead of the rhetoric of hate against his administration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Briefing reporters on the outcome of their meeting, Mr. Wilson said, “we resolved to call on Nigerians, particularly eligible voters, to rate the candidates for the presidential election based on performance and eligibility. President Goodluck Jonathan has done well and he should be voted in by Nigerians for [a] second term. They should assess him based on performance and not the region he comes from.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His tone differed from a previous stance when the group warned that they would not countenance any attempt to vote out the president, with some of their members threatening that they would shut down oil production should the president be defeated, <b><a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/24/ex-militants-make-u-turn-beg-nigerians-vote-jonathan">SaharaReporters</a></b> says.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In their latest softened statement, Mr. Wilson told reporters, “Jonathan has done well. Why are people opposing him? Is it because he comes from the Niger Delta? Would they have shown so much hatred and insincerity if he had come from the northern part of the country? The people of the South-South and the Niger Delta are feeling bad over the rising insults and poor rating in spite of the huge achievement of the present administration. We advised the opposition party and General Buhari to come out [openly] and declare that President Goodluck Jonathan has done well.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He added: “Nigerians should check the achievements in the areas of security, peace and development. The amnesty program under the capable hands of Honorable Kingsley Kuku has ensured that over 3,000 youths are trained on scholarship and skill acquisition. Aside from showing readiness in the battle against insurgency with the proper procurement of arms and ammunition for the military, President Jonathan has ensured the recovery of over N300 billion of stolen funds and blocked any corrupt loopholes in the system. He has done well also in the area of roads and infrastructures with the judicious use of Sure-P funds.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ex-militants accused state governors who defected from the PDP to APC of playing to the gallery without differentiating their achievements in office under the PDP and the APC. “These governors are deceitful. They should tell Nigerians what they have been able to achieve under the APC. They should call their people together and tell them why they should vote for their stooges in the next governorship elections under the APC. All they have achieved in the states under their control was achieved under the PDP,” the group stated.</div>

N'Delta Militants Softpedal, Plead For Jonathan's Re-election

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80% Of My Advisers Give Me No Good Advice

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglS_is7k7-jgeDjUjfpGVYj2ISXy9e05xjADRwOetwP_Gb5iK1oLGozDmGeA9Y9a9U2NrbIljH31Lf6GkHMv2bOLiHEIybBtexJD9OeNeJRN1aZq7nesFVBZ3LR8d7zFVR3HR5hzCm5VuE/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglS_is7k7-jgeDjUjfpGVYj2ISXy9e05xjADRwOetwP_Gb5iK1oLGozDmGeA9Y9a9U2NrbIljH31Lf6GkHMv2bOLiHEIybBtexJD9OeNeJRN1aZq7nesFVBZ3LR8d7zFVR3HR5hzCm5VuE/s1600/Goodluck+Jonathan3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that more than 80 per cent of his advisers have nothing to say.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President who spoke in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, at a special funeral service for eight female politicians and their driver who died in a road accident on February 14, said this has been happening to him since his days as Deputy Governor of the State.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He stated this in reaction to Governor Seriake Dickson’s disclosure that he was advised against organising a state burial for the deceased.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jonathan said, “I was surprised when the Governor (of Bayelsa) said some people asked why state burial. I told the Governor that more than 80 per cent of people who come to advise you have nothing to say, but just listen to them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “From my experience as a Deputy Governor till today, more than 80 per cent (of advisers) have nothing to say, but you listen to everybody and do what is right for our people”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Describing the day of the accident as a black day which coloured the landscape of Bayelsa with the worst colour, the president said, “We are here today because of the sad event of February 14. Of course, we lost eight of our best.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “To me, it is not just that people have died, not just that Bayelsans have died. But these are people I know too well. These nine caskets contain the remains of people who were dear to me, people that touched me in one way or the other.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Whenever I remember February 14, which was supposed to be a Valentine’s Day, but a black day that coloured the landscape of Bayelsa State with the worst colour we could ever imagine. My ADC gave me the information and my PA showed me the flaming bus on a handset. I asked myself ‘how could these people be in this flame?’ And I asked God why?”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jonathan continued: “When I saw that flame and imagined that these women were being burnt and roasted, I just couldn’t imagine. Till today, it gives me migraine. I lack words to console the direct family members.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The world is a stage where we have all come to play our part and go. I believe they have played their own part. I plead we reason they died in this circumstance probably so that we learn to be a little more careful”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The president asked people to be conscious of what would be said about them when they die.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said, “In every nation, when so many people die at a time, it is taken as a national calamity, not to talk about a state. Members of the bereaved families, let me express my condolences to you. Your daughters and brothers have though passed on, but we remember them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “And the most important thing is that at the day of your death, people will say positive things about you. Not the office you occupy. There are people that have occupied almost the biggest offices in the land, but people dance when they hear that they are gone”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In her tribute, First Lady, Patience Jonathan who described the late female politicians as her faithful followers, lamented that she had lost her strong pillars of support.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Calling for calm in the state, she said, “Bayelsa State is a small state. I want everybody to live in peace. We should love one another. Let us put politics aside and live in peace and unity”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In his own tribute, Dickson said February 14, 2015 would for ever remain dark in the minds of the people of Bayelsa State.</div>

80% Of My Advisers Give Me No Good Advice

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Guardian Apologizes, Regrets Error On Venue Of Buhari Interview

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6I9kQ3377Uu_l1rjVbNdZmsUmcGEH6rNGzT3M9bC1b98Q6yMyu7qIX4pcNBddsVz4j1JsONa-4sXtZ4O2QCgjZpRhwrRbI_Pn8GimYl0WET-P3hJOwKfukXhyvHE2_0Fw1fUOmdt8X8At/s1600/GuardianError1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6I9kQ3377Uu_l1rjVbNdZmsUmcGEH6rNGzT3M9bC1b98Q6yMyu7qIX4pcNBddsVz4j1JsONa-4sXtZ4O2QCgjZpRhwrRbI_Pn8GimYl0WET-P3hJOwKfukXhyvHE2_0Fw1fUOmdt8X8At/s1600/GuardianError1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Guardian Newspaper has apologized, regretted its error and retracted the story on the purported Buhari interview with the CEO of <i>All Eyes On Africa</i>, Mrs Fadojutimi. </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While reporting the story about the interview, Guardian had erroneously reported that the interview was held in London during Gen Muhammadu Buhari's on-going working visit to the UK. However, the interview was discovered to have been pre-recorded at a suite in the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. This discovery generated so much heated arguments and exchange of venoms among supporters of the APC and supporters of the PDP with the latter referring to the former as people who thrive on falsehood and deceit.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Having discovered their error, Guardian Newspaper Limited did a retraction yesterday and regretted the error.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Read them:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i>"Our Error:</i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i>The front page picture of yesterday in The Guardian on Sunday was not taken during the visit of Maj. Gen. Buhari (rtd) to London as was erronously stated.</i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i><br /></i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i>The picture was actually taken in an Abuja hotel when he was being interviewed by a journalist.</i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i>The error is regretted."</i></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i><br /></i></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7z69g_w5tG7lza2wzM33-cBvVx9W0Gyh9YvAZuij5NHtZXpRodPd_FwQxs_MIH1K6xY9ckdcZofzTVpYYfRLQBYAROtymswHHwPa7RsXadK3yJCAWHgvK4z51TZZqHQMFUERyZy2F4uRV/s1600/GuardianError.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7z69g_w5tG7lza2wzM33-cBvVx9W0Gyh9YvAZuij5NHtZXpRodPd_FwQxs_MIH1K6xY9ckdcZofzTVpYYfRLQBYAROtymswHHwPa7RsXadK3yJCAWHgvK4z51TZZqHQMFUERyZy2F4uRV/s1600/GuardianError.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><i><br /></i></b></div> <br />

Guardian Apologizes, Regrets Error On Venue Of Buhari Interview

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I'm A Confirmed Betrayer, Says Gov Sule Lamido

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lBqVP6Npoa5ll_MwzVPpLVhRRT618paVxaStQNVjdXaj3xtp3l1_Y38OpmKoXb1b4UyVxpGe1Yzj-lwJHIg9fSfc6JpKPVkO-7zNyU7FxoOKw1l39uiPEdxsNn5rWZekv-MQvxbE1mHo/s1600/Sule-Lamido.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lBqVP6Npoa5ll_MwzVPpLVhRRT618paVxaStQNVjdXaj3xtp3l1_Y38OpmKoXb1b4UyVxpGe1Yzj-lwJHIg9fSfc6JpKPVkO-7zNyU7FxoOKw1l39uiPEdxsNn5rWZekv-MQvxbE1mHo/s1600/Sule-Lamido.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, on Tuesday admitted that he betrayed his fellow Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who later decamped to the All Progressives Congress in November 2013.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Lamido said this after holding a closed-door meeting with the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Muazu, at the party’s secretariat, Abuja‎.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The five governors, called G-5, who decamped consist of Rivers State Governor, Roti‎mi Ameachi; Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed; Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wammako; Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwanso; and the impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Originally G-7, consisting of the aforementioned and then ‎Mr. Lamido and Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida, the governors staged a walk-out from an August 2013 Special National Convention of PDP, alongside other party stalwarts, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former party Secretary, Sam Jaja and former Kwara Governor, Bukola Saraki.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The group formed the “new PDP” immediately. But the five Governors, Messrs Ameachi, Wammako, Ahmed, Nyako and Kwankwanso defected to opposition APC while Messrs Lamido and Babangida, surprisingly, chose to remain in the PDP.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This caused bad blood leading the Kano State Governor, Mr. Kwankwanso, to accuse Messrs Lamido and Babangida of betraying the other five governors.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said all seven governors had an agreement to leave PDP, following a disagreement they had with the party hierarchy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Everyone knows ‎Governor Lamido was part of us, he was the leader of the group. He took us to a certain height before choosing otherwise and we were all surprised by his final decision", Governor Kwankwaso said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Lamido corroborated Mr. Kwakwanso’s submission saying, “Yes, I betrayed them. I am a betrayer. Confirmed.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When asked why he betrayed the group, he simply responded, “I align myself with what he (Kwankwanso) said.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ‎The Jigawa State governor said his recent meeting with Mr. Amaechi had nothing to do with party politics. He said the Rivers Governor remains his friend and colleague and above all fellow compatriot with whom he meets occasionally to review issues.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Lamido said he would not join the APC.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “How would I join APC? If wishes were horses, there won’t be APC,” he said.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Credit: <a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177472-i-betrayed-kwankwaso-amaechi-others-gov-lamido.html">Premium Times</a></b></div>

I'm A Confirmed Betrayer, Says Gov Sule Lamido

The Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, on Tuesday admitted that he betrayed his fellow Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who la...

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