Niger gov, Aliyu defends comment on Buhari

The Chairman of the Northern
Governors Forum, Dr.
Babangida Aliyu is adamant
over the Forum’s backing of
the warning of the former
Presidential candidate of the
Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari on the
2015 poll.
The Presidency was upset by
the position of the Forum on
Buhari’s comments and made
its feelings known to Governor
Babangida Aliyu on the
security imports of the
Forum’s position.
It was however, learnt that
the governor also explained
to the Presidency yesterday
that the Forum had no plan to
create disaffection.
But a source close to the
development said: "Well, the
truth is that the governor is
not afraid, he is standing by
what he said. The government
has been asked to review
what he said and how it was
presented to the public.
"If you know the governor
very well, he likes calling a
spade a spade. He was
actually hard on Buhari too.
He said Buhari gave an advice
which ought to have been
couched in a more diplomatic
manner.
"His comments in Kaduna were
not meant to incite hatred or
support Buhari in any manner.
"The governor is a nationalist
and a committed senior
member of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), he
could not have been involved
in any anti-party activities.
"He believes in the oneness
and unity of the country and
he has been working on that."Source: The Nation Newspaper