The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in the North
have claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari administration is using
intimidation to force them to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They claimed that governors like Ben Ayade (Cross River) and
Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), who recently defected to the ruling party did so
involuntarily.
The PDP governors also accused Buhari of shortchanging the
North despite controlling political power.
Governor Darius Ishiaku, briefing newsmen after the meeting
at the Taraba State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja said: “All governors of
the PDP who have joined the ruling APC in recent times did so because of
intimidation.
“Most of our members are also being intimidated
persistently. We want the intimidation stopped because we’re not comfortable
with it.”
Ishiaku noted that “we the PDP governors in the North are
not satisfied with the leadership of the APC government in the North,” aadding
that they have “resolved that, on our own, to continue to do our best for our
people as we have already been doing in our various states.”
The other Northern PDP governors that were present at
meeting are Samuel Ortom (Benue), Aminu Tanbuwal (Sokoto), Bala Muhammed
(Bauchi) and Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa).
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