On behalf of himself and the G-7 governors, Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, has said that it is not a must for him to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and announced his preparedness and that of G7 governors to dump the party.
This the governor revealed yesterday in Dutse, the capital of Jigawa State shortly after a closed door meeting with Governor Sule Lamido.
Nyako said defecting from one party to another has never been a crime, observing that if some people can dump their religion for another, then why can’t politicians dump one party for another party?
According to him, the party’s leadership in Abuja had given the party a bad image, following their flagrant abuse of party philosophy and democratic tenets.
He observed that PDP was already gasping and nobody would allow himself to be buried along with any lifeless body.
The recent threat by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to expel the G7 governors from PDP was described by the governor as an empty threat that cannot stop them from practising true democracy.
He also spoke about the meeting he had with Governor Lamido, saying it was mainly to discuss the security, economic and political challenges militating against their states and the country.
Nyako revealed that this was not the first time they had had such meeting which is with a view to rubbing minds and finding solutions to their common problems.
The closed door meeting yesterday was held barely 24 hours after Governor Lamido held a similar meeting with Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State on their political struggle under the New PDP.
Both meetings, which took place at Dutse Government House in Jigawa State, were part of series of ongoing consultations among G7 governors and their political associates to re-strategise for the future of the New PDP after their scheduled reconciliation meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan was aborted.
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