You remain suspended — Niger PDP tells Babangida Aliyu

The Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that a former governor of the state, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, remains suspended over his role in the defeat of the candidate of the party, former President Goodluck Jonathan, in the 2015 presidential election.

The party leaders in the three senatorial districts of the state reaffirmed their support for the suspension of the former governor through their spokesman, Mallam Yahaya Mohammed Usman.

PDP spokesman in the state said they support Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike who said, Aliyu owed PDP an apology for admitting that he undermined the party in 2015 elections.

He said, "We have been vindicated, we had told Nigerians and indeed Nigerlites that Dr. Aliyu betrayed us and worked for the ruling APC.

"He betrayed the party, President Goodluck Jonathan and our governorship candidate, Alhaji Umar Nasko. We have said it and we heard that he donated funds to the opposition party".

Governor Wike while speaking in a live interview on African Independent Television (AIT) monitored, said, “So we were campaigning not knowing you (Dr Aliyu) were undermining us, and then you also ran for the Senate in that election and lost, Aliyu Babangida owes an apology to the PDP".

Earlier this week, Aliyu admitted in a statement that the 19 Northern governors worked against Jonathan’s election in 2015 because there was an agreement with Jonathan to serve only one term which he reneged.

However, Jonathan fired back, saying Aliyu was a pathological liar and a backstabber. Similarly, former governors Jonah Jang and Sule Lamido denied knowledge of such an agreement cited by Aliyu.