The Peoples’ Democratic Party in Niger State has said former governor Babangida Aliyu will remain suspended for undermining the Party and also for contributions in former President Goodluck Jonathan losing the 2015 presidential elections.
Spokesman of the Niger state PDP, Mallam Yahaya Usman, reaffirmed the suspension of Aliyu by Party Leaders and faithfuls in the three senatorial district of the state.
The PDP also thew it’s weight behind the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who said Aliyu owed the PDP an apology for admitting that undermined the party in 2015 elections.
Usman said, “We have been vindicated, Dr Aliyu betrayed us and worked for the ruling All Progressives Congress.
“He betrayed the party, former President Goodluck Jonathan and our governorship candidate, Alhaji Umar Nasko. We have said it that he donated funds to the opposition party,” he said.
Recall that Aliyu had declared in a statement that all 19 PDP northern governors worked against Jonathan’s election in 2015 because Jonathan reneged on am agreement to serve for only one term.
Jonathan however, called Aliyu a pathological liar and a backstabber, even as former governors Jonah Jang and Sule Lamido have both denied knowledge of such agreement cited by Aliyu.
The Niger PDP spokesman added, “We reaffirm the elevation of former deputy governor Shem Zagbayi as the new leader for Aliyu’s zone.”
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