Gov. Aliyu Allegedly Orders Deputy Out Of Council Meeting
The ongoing battle between Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida and his deputy, Alhaji Musa Ibeto recently took another turn as the governor is said to have embarrassed his deputy, by asking him to leave a state executive council meeting.
Ibeto and over 200 political office holders in the state recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC), after the governor refused to back his aspiration to succeed him in office.
According to The Scoop, the incident happened on Friday during the Niger State executive council meeting. The governor reportedly ordered Ibeto out of the meeting and threatened to “deal with him” with security.
Governor Babangida reportedly told the cabinetthat he would not preside over the meeting if Ibeto was part it since he (Ibeto) is now a member of the opposition and could share privileged State information with his new political party. He also accused Ibeto of calling him a thief while on gubernatorial campaign of the APC.
The deputy governor, however, denied ever calling his boss a thief. He confirmed that he left the cabinet meeting after the governor threatened to use security against him.
The governor had earlier released a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Isreal Ebije, that the deputy governor excused himself from the meeting and was not ordered to leave. Ibeto however debunked the governor’s claims.
“If this statement is coming from government let me react. It is not true that I excused myself. When I received notification for the council meeting of yesterday I went as usual. But before the council started the governor in his opening remarks said that people and members of the executive council were aware that I have decamped from the PDP to APC, and that we had gone on campaign round the state.
“He said that he has the information and clips that I called him a thief and that he will not preside over the council where I am sitting.”
“I objected and explained that I have never called him a thief and that everywhere we go, people always wanted to know why I defected to APC and I have been telling them .I left PDP because of the injustice in the Party”.
The statement, however, clearly stated that the governor has no constitutional power to stop Ibeto from attending legitimate council meetings.
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| Niger State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Musa Ibeto |
According to The Scoop, the incident happened on Friday during the Niger State executive council meeting. The governor reportedly ordered Ibeto out of the meeting and threatened to “deal with him” with security.
Governor Babangida reportedly told the cabinetthat he would not preside over the meeting if Ibeto was part it since he (Ibeto) is now a member of the opposition and could share privileged State information with his new political party. He also accused Ibeto of calling him a thief while on gubernatorial campaign of the APC.
The deputy governor, however, denied ever calling his boss a thief. He confirmed that he left the cabinet meeting after the governor threatened to use security against him.
The governor had earlier released a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Isreal Ebije, that the deputy governor excused himself from the meeting and was not ordered to leave. Ibeto however debunked the governor’s claims.
“If this statement is coming from government let me react. It is not true that I excused myself. When I received notification for the council meeting of yesterday I went as usual. But before the council started the governor in his opening remarks said that people and members of the executive council were aware that I have decamped from the PDP to APC, and that we had gone on campaign round the state.
“He said that he has the information and clips that I called him a thief and that he will not preside over the council where I am sitting.”
“I objected and explained that I have never called him a thief and that everywhere we go, people always wanted to know why I defected to APC and I have been telling them .I left PDP because of the injustice in the Party”.
The statement, however, clearly stated that the governor has no constitutional power to stop Ibeto from attending legitimate council meetings.
Gov. Aliyu Allegedly Orders Deputy Out Of Council Meeting
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The Theft Servant will never stop amazing me. What have you achieved in you 8 years tenure. Look around your state, are you proud of yourself. Now u want to go to senate.
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