ABUJA — The presidency, yesterday, described the
five northern governors, who carpeted Peoples
Democratic Party over alleged poor leadership and
internal crises, as agents of the opposition. It warned them to desist from continuing to engage in
acts capable of unduly heating up the polity and
distracting President Goodluck Jonathan from
delivering on his promises to Nigerians. Political Adviser to the President, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak,
made the allegation in an exclusive interview with
Vanguard in Abuja. He also said that Jonathan never signed any
agreement with northern governors or traditional
rulers, arguing that he (Gulak) would have been part
of the process because of his position in the
administration.
Gulak said that in the first place, it was not the duty of
the five governors to constitute themselves into a
group to go round the country consulting with former
heads of state, since they were not commissioned by
the party or the leader. He said: “I can tell you that the five governors do not
mean well for the party and the country. They are
acting the script of some elements bent on distracting
Mr. President and causing confusion where none exist. “A discernible pattern from what the five governors
are doing is that their grandstanding is not about a
genuine concern to put things right in the country as
they claim, but how to bring down President Jonathan
so that one of them can step in. “What I can assure them is that they are bound to
fail woefully because Nigerians know that they
don’t have any genuine concern for the country.” Gulak, who stated that Jonathan was not worried
about their antics, said that the President was only
unhappy over the decision of the five governors to
raise false alarm about the party and its leadership. He particularly had harsh words for Governor Murtala
Nyako of Adamawa and his Sokoto State counterpart,
Aliyu Wamakko, who was suspended last month and
recalled a week after. Gulak described them as
ingrates. Gulak said it was painful to the leadership of PDP for
the duo of Nyako and Wamakko not to show a debt of
gratitude to the party. He said the party welcomed them with open arms
from All Nigeria’s Peoples Party, ANPP, thereby
paving the way for them to win elections in their
respective states. He said that despite the forces working against the
party, PDP was still solid, predicting that the party
would win the next election without any hassle.