Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State fired back at the Presidency yesterday following accusations of hidden
agenda by Senior Special Assistant on Public affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe on the on-going efforts by five northern governors to secure peace in the country, Dr Okupe had earlier on Thursday accused the five northern governors of junketing and having a good time in the name of consultations with past leaders of Nigeria.
Governor Nyako replied through his director of press, Mr Ahmed Sanjo said that the problem with the president is that he surrounds himself with charlatans like Okupe and Gulak persons who have zero electoral values .
“I think that the problem with Jonathan is that he is surrounded by charlatans who do not understand their roles around the President. All of them are political spent forces who have no electoral value.
“Doyin Okupe cannot stand for election anywhere. He cannot win councillorship poll anywhere in Nigeria. (Ahmed) Gulak only scored two votes in Gulak. These are people who lack political standing. I think that is why they are misleading the President. You don’t make peace by allowing hunting dogs go around making trouble all over.
“The five governors are looking beyond the PDP; they are looking at the survival of democracy; survival of the polity that is more serious from the position of the PDP. This blind arrogance on the part of those at the helm of affairs will lead us nowhere.