Amaechi, getting more isolated as Gov. Babangida pledge loyalty to Jonathan

Indications are emerging that embattled Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi is increasingly getting more abandoned  by other governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum on Tuesday openly pledged loyalty and support to President Goodluck Jonathan. He also debunked rumours making the round that he was one of the governors planning to dump PDP because of Amaechi’s travails.
Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of Zungeru Hydro-electric Power Project, Governor Babangida said, “Those who are thinking that there is war between the Niger state government and governor and the President should swallow their spit.
“We are one, we recognise that the people of Nigeria elected him and we respect that. If we do not respect and follow you (Mr. President), God will ask us. So we are saying, Mr. President that we are for you”.
“If you hear a lot of criticism, it is not because we do not love you (President) but because we want you to do more. Regardless of the noise, I know PDP shall make it, because we are one and we all are in one party.
“We are with you and I hereby pledge my government and peoples’ loyalty and support to you. I am saying this because in our culture and religion if you don’t respect your leader, Allah will not be happy with you”.
Pledging his continued support and loyalty to Jonathan, Aliyu explained that his criticism of the President’s policies and programmes were not a show of disloyalty but a deliberate move to attract more projects and attention to his state.
Governor Aliyu , in a press statement signed by  his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ndaladi Ndayebo  described as false, rumours  that he was one of the governors planning to leave PDP because of the crisis precipitated by the outcome of last Friday’s Governors Forum election.
According to the statement, “The story of planned defection of Governor Aliyu is a figment of imagination of persons who are either threatened by the successes the party has made in the last 14 years or are afraid of squaring up with the party in 2015 general elections”.