NIGER State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has said that he had no sympathy for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) because his (Aliyu’s) political ambition in 1983 was truncated by Buhari, who became the head of state following the December 31, 1983 coup that ended second republic. The governor, however, said he had forgiven the former head of state.Aliyu said this yesterday at the President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign rally in Minna, the Niger State capital.
Apparently referring to reports listing him as one of the governors who have sympathy for the candidature of Buhari, Aliyu said he believed in loyalty and would not leave his party and support someone from another party.
“Some people are saying some of us have sympathy for Buhari; I personally, my political ambition was truncated by Buhari in 1983, my people elected me into the House of Representatives, I was annoyed but I have forgiven him. It gives me a lot of opportunity to further my study,” the governor said.
According to him, the APC presidential candidate may have “personal qualities” and may be honest but that those qualities did not translate into public policies.
He said, “I must say this, Buhari may be honest as an individual, we may admire him for his personal qualities but believe me, those qualities do not translate into public politics.
“I am a PDP man, I believe in loyalty, if I have left PDP, I would have resigned my mandate as a governor because that mandate is in PDP. If anyone says the PDP is bad, he should leave all the property and all they got while they were in the party. They cannot because they know they will lose everything. We must bring the values of honesty back,” he said.
Punch
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