by Azeez Adeniyi
Former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu has said US government under Barack Obama invites 12 Northern governors to ascertain their level of commitment to removing Jonathan.
Aliyu said this in a book titled ‘Against the Run of Play’, by Segun Adeniyi, Chairman of the ThisDay editorial board.
Aliyu said the reason for their invitation was deeper than discussing the Boko Haram menace.
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“I have no proof of course, but I think the idea was to ascertain what the disposition of the north would be to the idea of another term for President Jonathan,” he said.
“That was my reading of the situation. I believe it was all about the 2015 election for which the Americans had resolved not to support Jonathan. They just wanted to size us up for the level of commitment to regime change.”
The former governor said Murtala Nyako, former Adamawa state governor, had accused Jonathan of sponsoring the Book Haram insurgency.
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He also said that if Jonathan had declined to re-contest and had allowed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to field a young candidate from the north, President Muhammadu Buhari would have pulled out of the race.
“If Jonathan had been clever enough to say he would not run and had stuck with the PDP zoning formula by supporting a young northern candidate, I am most certain Buhari would have shelved his ambition to contest in 2015, knowing there was no way he would win,” he said.
Jonathan had accused former US President Barack Obama of conspiring with the UK and France to take him out of government.
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