Governor elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North have alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is using intimidation to force them to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They claimed that governors like Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River State and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, who recently defected to the ruling party, did so involuntarily.
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The PDP governors also accused President Buhari of shortchanging the North despite controlling political power.
Governor Darius Ishiaku, briefing newsmen after the meeting of the governors at the Taraba State Governor’s Lodge, in Asokoro, Abuja said, “All governors of the PDP who have joined the ruling APC in recent times did so because of intimidation.
“Most of our members are also being intimidated persistently. We want the intimidation stopped because we’re not comfortable with it.”
Governor Ishiaku also said that “We, the PDP governors in the North, are not satisfied with the leadership of the APC government in the North,” adding that they have “resolved that, on our own, to continue to do our best for our people as we have already been doing in our various states.”
The other Northern PDP governors that were present at meeting were Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Aminu Tanbuwal of Sokoto State, Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State and Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State.