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Four governors from the North met ex-Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Babangida Abdulsalami Abubakar behind closed doors on Monday and appealed to them to ask President Goodluck Jonathan to restore public order to Rivers State.
“We cannot have a democracy where the President would be mocking governors and would be attempting to impeach them without following due process."The governors are:
Babangida Aliyu, Niger; Aliyu Wamakko, Sokoto; Sule Lamido, Jigawa; and Rabiu Kwankanso (Kano).
Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako, who was supposed to be at the meeting, sent apologies. Nyako was one of the four governors – Wamakko, Lamido and Kwankwaso – who had a closed door meeting with former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta last Saturday.
Sources at the Monday meeting in Minna, said the governors did not mince words in their condemnation of the recent activities of Jonathan, which they said were capable of derailing the nation’s democracy.
The sources said that the governors specifically cited the crisis in Rivers State.
One of the governors, who spoke with Punch said, “We know that the nation’s democracy is in danger with what the President is doing.
“We told them (Abubakar and Babangida) that what is happening in Rivers State, as explained by Mrs. Patience Jonathan, was orchestrated by the Presidency. We have appealed to the two leaders to reach out to other stakeholders and save this democracy.”
Gov Aliyu, who is also the Chairman of Northern States Governors’ Forum, said after the 80-minute meeting that what they discussed with Babangida and Abubakar, would enhance “our political dreams.”
Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako, who was supposed to be at the meeting, sent apologies. Nyako was one of the four governors – Wamakko, Lamido and Kwankwaso – who had a closed door meeting with former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta last Saturday.
Sources at the Monday meeting in Minna, said the governors did not mince words in their condemnation of the recent activities of Jonathan, which they said were capable of derailing the nation’s democracy.
The sources said that the governors specifically cited the crisis in Rivers State.
One of the governors, who spoke with Punch said, “We know that the nation’s democracy is in danger with what the President is doing.
“We told them (Abubakar and Babangida) that what is happening in Rivers State, as explained by Mrs. Patience Jonathan, was orchestrated by the Presidency. We have appealed to the two leaders to reach out to other stakeholders and save this democracy.”
Gov Aliyu, who is also the Chairman of Northern States Governors’ Forum, said after the 80-minute meeting that what they discussed with Babangida and Abubakar, would enhance “our political dreams.”
In the words of governor Aliyu:
“The meeting is a platform that could be used to actualise our political dreams. Now, we are consulting with our elders and leaders to look at some of the problems and solutions to the problems that some of us are facing, simple."
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