Former PDP Governor Reacts to Alleged Northern Conspiracy Against Jonathan in 2015
- Senator Jonah David Jang has reacted to claims that northern governors agreed not to support the second term bid of Goodluck Jonathan in 2015
- The former governor of Plateau state explained why the claims are untrue
- The politician maintained his loyalty to the former president
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Senator Jonah Jang has faulted the claim that governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opposed the re-election of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
The politician who is a former governor of Plateau state, said the claim by the ex-governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, was untrue, The Punch reported.
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Jang on Saturday, April 17, argued that there was no time the 19 northern governors agreed to oppose the re-election of the former president.
According to The Nation, in the statement signed by his media consultant, Clinton Garuba, former Plateau governor distanced himself from Babangida Aliyu’s claims.
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He said:
“For the avoidance of doubt, despite the perceived shortcomings of President Goodluck Jonathan, Senator Jonah believed that Jonathan was better equipped to rule Nigeria at the time, especially when his opponent was General Buhari.
Jang did not hide his conviction concerning Buhari’s inabilities to resolve the Nation’s challenges and sensitivities of the issues at the moment. Unfortunately, Buhari won and we are all witnesses to the tales of woes.''
Meanwhile, Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, April 6 said some of his aides and allies abandoned him after leaving office.
Jonathan made the comment while inaugurating the 6.25Km Sabon Kaura-Jos bypass road constructed by the Bauchi state government.
He commended Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi for standing by him even after he left office.
In another news, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the minority leader of the Senate, has said the 2023 general elections may not hold if the current security crisis in the country is not effectively tackled.
Ababribe who represents Abia South in the upper legislative chamber made this known in an interview published by Daily Sun on Saturday, April 17.
He said nearly all parts of the country are no longer safe, in the southern region which had earlier been relatively peaceful.
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