Gov. Aliyu states reasons for not moving to APC

Gov. Aliyu states reasons for not moving
to APC
on december 06, 2013 at 9:59 am in news
By Wole Mosadomi
Minna- Niger state Governor Dr. Babangida Aliyu
may have finally dumped the G7 just as he has
given reasons why he did not defect along with the
5 from the G7 governors to APC saying, “our
mission had been to reform the PDP and put it on
the right track and not to defect to any other party.
He said his decision to remain in PDP to fight on
should therefore not been seen as a betrayal of his
other colleagues who have already defected to All
Progressive Congress (APC).
According to him, “I only led the so called G7 as a
result of a reform we were looking for in our party.
The idea was not to leave our party (PDP); The idea
was to reform it and fight to a logical conclusion
before taken our final decision and since the fight is
still on, there is no point of decamping.”
Governor Aliyu also explained  that his continuous
stay in PDP is not a personal decision but the
decision of his people in the state and there is no
way he would take such gigantic step without
consulting them.
“The fight is not about me, it is not a one man
show, it is not about my ambition. It is about my
people. There is no way I will take any decision
without coming back to my people to seek for their
views.
Majority of my people prefer that we stay in PDP
and we will stay and make it work,” Governor Aliyu
declared.
The governor  who made his stand non while
receiving members of the International Federation of
Women Lawyers (FIDA) led by the Country Vice
President, Barrister Hauwa Shekarau during
courtesy visit at government house Minna
yesterday said the decision of his colleagues to joint
the APC was their personal decision while his
decision to also remain in PDP is also personal.
“ The decisions of my colleagues to join APC is
highly respected and I respect their decisions and
they should also respect my own decision too to
remain in PDP.
“If along the line of the struggle, some people find it
more expedite to leave the party, that is their
decision and I respect that. Those of us who felt we
still need a reform and we felt that we should
remain, I think our views and actions should also be
respected.”
The governor threw his weight behind the idea of a
two party system in the country adding that it
would  put an end to political prostitution in the
country.
“For us in Niger state, we welcome the
development of two parties in this country rather
than having so many parties and end up creating
more political prostitutes but if we have two parties,
we would know how these things can play and
control it.”