Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu

The leadership of theNewPeoples Democratic Party has said the Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, is still among the seven governors who are loyal to the faction.

The group said the rumour making the rounds that the governors was no longer with it was a ruse.

Spokesperson for the faction of the ruling party, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, said in a message on Tuesday in Abuja that the chairman of the group, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, had spoken with the governor, who he said denied the rumour.

He said, “The first thing we did this morning when we read the report (not inThe PUNCH) was to contact the governor through Baraje and according to the Chairman, the governor vehemently denied and refuted such an absurd and false report and assured us that he will be the last person to leave the G-7 governors particularly now that
our struggle to reposition the PDP is about to yield the desired result.

“To us, this is just one of those evil machinations by failed politicians on the side of Bamanga Tukur’s faction to cause disunity in a group that God in answer to the prayers of Nigerians, brought to restore hope back to our dying democracy.

“We will like to assure Nigerians that this is a fight we shall see to its logical end not minding all the evil plots against us as a group.”

He added that the faction was selective of its leadership, which he said, was constituted by “very patriotic” Nigerians desirous of building a new nation.

Eze added that the governor of Niger State was among those in this
group, who according to him are ready to champion the struggle. He said with Aliyu’s commitment, there was no way he (Aliyu) would dump the group.

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