The Presidency on Monday insisted that
President Goodluck Jonathan did not sign any agreement with any
individual or group that he would serve only one term in office.
The Special Adviser to the President on
Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said this in an interview with one of
our correspondents in Abuja.
Gulak was reacting to a statement credited to the spokesman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, on Monday.
Sani had said that the crisis in the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party would be resolved if Jonathan respected
agreements he entered into with stakeholders before the 2011 elections.
He was commenting on the visits of five
governors – Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso (Kano), Muritala Nyako (Adamawa);
Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto)
– to Jonathan and some past leaders.
He had said, “Our understanding of the
G-5 governors is that they want governors to be carried along in the
management of their party; they want internal democracy and they want an
end to divisions within the party, and for President Jonathan to
respect agreements he entered into voluntarily with stakeholders.”
The Niger State governor had a few
months ago claimed that the President, before the 2011 elections,
signed an agreement that he would serve only one term of four years.
But Gulak told one of our correspondents
that he had challenged Aliyu to produce a copy of the agreement and the
governor had not been able to take up the challenge, seven months
after.
He said, “Rather than insisting on an
agreement that does not exist – since anybody can contest for the
highest office in the land, those who are so interested should declare
their interest and contest.
Commenting through his Director of
Press, Ahmad Sajo, Adamawa State governor said he and his four
colleagues did not discuss a single-term agreement with Jonathan when
they met with him recently.
He added that their discussion was only based on the crisis in the PDP.
Sajo stated, “The governors did not
discuss anything about single term agreement with the President. As
governors, they are free to meet with the President to discuss the state
of the nation because they have responsibilities to their states.
When contacted, the Senior Special
Assistant to the Sokoto State Governor, Sani Umar, said he was not
aware that his principal met with the President.
He said that if they met, he did not know what they discussed.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Kano
State Governor, Aliyu Dantiye, could not be reached for comment as he
declined picking calls to his phone. A text message sent to him did not
deliver as of press time.
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