Like Fayose, Aliyu demands Mu’azu’s resignation

Babangida Aliyu, governor of Niger state who lost his senatorial bid in the 2015 election, has joined Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state, in calling for the resignation of Adamu Mu’azu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state on Saturday during the inauguration of a township road named after the then ‘G7 governors’ by Sule Lamido, governor of Jigawa, Aliyu said any leader who presides over his party’s defeat, like it happened in PDP, should ordinarily resign.

“It is unfortunate that people had to be called to resign. The leaders are supposed to voluntarily resign their positions for the loss at the just-concluded general election,” he said.

“It is unfair that they are threatening to form a factional PDP because they were asked to resign.”

Aliyu maintained that morality and principle were key attributes that the PDP must imbibe to succeed at future elections, adding that the nation’s politics would receive tremendous boost if Nigerian politicians emulate their counterparts in the United Kingdom.

Aliyu expressed delight in the naming of streets after the ‘G7 Governors’ and commended Lamido for his vision in terms of history.

Fayose has been consistent in demanding Mu’azu’s resignation since the 2015 elections, claiming the party’s poor showing in the PDP chairman’s state was enough for him to quit.

“In saner climes, when a war commander leads his troops to an embarrassing defeat, such commander does not need anyone to tell him that he needs to leave the war front for another commander to take over,” he said earlier in the week.

“How do we explain the PDP losing so scandalously in Bauchi state, despite the presence of the national chairman, federal capital territory minister and the state governor? I am even more particular about the national chairman because he sold the party to the opposition.

“I have cogent evidences of his unholy alliance with the opposition before the elections and if they go any further, I will expose all his underhand deals.”

Mu’azu responded two days later, saying he hoped Fayose’s “evidence of his unholy alliance” was not the same as the evidence he claimed to have on Muhammadu Buhari’s ill-health, in the lead-up to the presidential election.