January 05, (THEWILL) – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has faulted claims by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that some Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), met secretly with the Presidential Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
While reacting to reports that the G5 Governors held a meeting with the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in London, the Rivers Governor had alleged that eleven Northern Governors of the APC, held several secret meetings with Atiku in Dubai.
But, at a meeting with party officials in the State, members of his campaign council, as well as elected and appointed government officials, at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital, Governor Sule debunked the claim as not only untrue but also, as the antics of the opposition and those he referred to as parasites in government, who are bent on painting the Governors black in their bid to curry favour from Tinubu.
He said there was no reason for any APC Governor from the North to meet with Atiku, considering the fact that the APC Governors from the region strongly insisted that the next president should come from the South, which paved the way for the emergence of Tinubu.
He said, “These lies are coming from mainly two categories of people. One is the opposition that is doing everything possible to distract us because nobody wants Asiwaju to win this election more than the APC Governors from the North. The reason is when the APC Governors from the North realized that we were trying to retain the position in the North, the APC Governors rose to the occasion and said no, this position has to go to the South in order for us to be respected as people who believe in Nigeria.
“After Baba (President Muhammadu Buhari) holds this office for eight years with the help of the South, if today, we say we still want to hold on to the position, the world will not respect Northerners. And that was our only reason. And not everybody was with us on this page but God was so kind, we had a President who listens and he listened to us and of course, we succeeded and Asiwaju took the position.”
The Governor urged Tinubu to be wary of “the falsehood” that Northern APC Governors held clandestine meetings with Atiku and those circulating it.
“I keep telling Asiwaju and I will tell him again, you, Atiku, Yar’Adua are on the same page. Nobody amongst these parasites understands Atiku more than you. If any Governor is meeting Atiku privately in his house, you Asiwaju should know better.
“Don’t listen to them and don’t allow yourself to be carried away. If anybody wants you to win this election, it’s the APC Northern Governors,” he said.
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