Chairman of the Nigeria Governors
Forum, who is also the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was among
six governors that were not at the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum
meeting, which was held in Abuja on Monday night.
Also absent were governors Sule
Lamido (Jigawa); Dr. Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi); Aliyu
Wamako (Sokoto); Musa Kwakwanso(Kano) and Sulivan Chime).
Eight other governors, who were not
at the meeting, sent their deputies unlike the six absentee governors.
Seven governors and an acting
governor(Taraba State), were also in attendance.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the party, Chief Tony Anenih, was also at the meeting.
Anenih was accompanied by the
Secretary of the Board, Sen. Walid Jibril and a former Governor of old Anambra
State, Chief Jim Nwobodo.
A former President of the Senate,
Chief Ken Nnamani, was also at the meeting, which was held at Akwa Ibom
Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.
The refusal of Amaechi to attend the
meeting might not be unconnected with the reported plans by the Presidency to
remove him as the chairman of the NGF.
The Presidency is believed to be
using some governors to remove Amaechi, believing that he was not working with
the move to return President Goodluck Jonathan to power in 2015.
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