Babangida To Jonathan: Yes, You Signed to Serve One Term

Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, said on Thursday that he is standing by his statement that President Goodluck Jonathan signed a single-term agreement with some governors from the northern part of the country before the 2011 presidential election.

Gov Banangida disclosed that since he made the statement reactions had been numerous, with people asking him to make further clarifications. He however insisted that:

"We should look at the problem as one we must confront correctly. Agreement made in secret must be adhered to."

The governor, who said he had refrained from making comments, however, declared that “If to be truthful is to be illiterate, I stand by it. On the political scene, I am happy with what some people say. I don’t see it as a condemnation of PDP; I see it as trying to correct a situation."

He said corruption is a canker-worm that has eaten deep into the body fabric of the country since the emergence of Jonathan, stressing that financial corruption in high places was being perpetrated jointly by public servants and top political appointees.

In his remarks, a former Permanent Secretary, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, warned against the manipulation of the 2015 general elections in the interest of the survival of the nation.

Dr Ahmed described PDP as “a party heading for the rocks," saying "if you can salvage it, salvage it; if not, leave it for other boats.”

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