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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Suleiman Nazif has been accused to be an anti-Northern sentiment and hawker of Rivers dollars.
The accusation was made by the National Chairman For Concern Northern PDP Alliance, Salaman Danladi Maianguwa in a statement he made available to Journalists in Bauchi on Sunday.
According to him, “In the midst of political permutations for various positions in Nigeria, politicians are eking desperate moves to ensure that their bread is buttered consistently and sufficiently, either through contesting for elective offices or merged as support group’.
He opined that those championing support groups are light-weight politicians with mirage hope of being elected into office, therefore forge alliances to invigorate their resurfacing to the political lime light.
He stared that, “The likes of Senator Nazif Suleiman Gamawa (former deputy National Chairman PDP) whose recent antics of championing the support group for The Executive Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is to butter his bread against Northern sentiments.
Salaman Danladi Maianguwa said that, “The Senator against all odds, formulate a group of dysfunctional status, 0rganize fake appeal funds to purchase presidential Nomination and interest form of N40,000,000 for Nyesom Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers state to contest the position of President of Federal Republic of Nigeria under Peoples Democratic Party”.
According to him, “the improvise support groups, Northern Progressive Element and Northern Conservative Forum for Wike under the leadership of Senator Nazif was a mare procreation of negativity and naivety, is a misplaced priority in the highest order”.
He added that, “taking into consideration the political history of Nazif whose first political breakthrough was in 2003, the then vice President, Atiku Abubakar single handedly influenced his election as House of Representatives members under Peoples Democratic Party”.
“Having foreseen the dangers of his actions in PDP, he de-camped to the ACN and contested the senatorial seat and became a second runners up, the resignation of the candidate of ANPP (former Deputy Governor Abdulmalik Mahood) gave Nazif the legal opportunity to become Senator”, he explained.
Salaman Danladi Maianguwa added that, Nazif in 2015, was later elected as Senator again under the wind-fall of APC, and returned to PDP in 2019, contested and lost election, and in the company of Senator Bala Mohammed, Executive Governor of Bauchi State, he swindled the position of Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party”.
According to him, “Senator Nazif never involved himself in anything without a lurking green benefits sighted in the project. His ambition to produce Nyesom Wike as President is to be joined in the ticket as Vice president” .
He stressed that, “This is personal ego and has nothing to do with the progress of Bauchi state nor Nigeria as whole. Too eager to be noticed and be re-admitted in to circle of critical national players in the PDP politics having lost out the contest of national chairman”.
The Group Chairman further said that, “Nazif needs to do the needful, to use anti-Northern sentiment and create an opposition for Turakin Adamawa in the hope of gaining more card for negotiating for his interest to be served”.
He further said that, “The Senator was keen about Nyesom Wike’s formidability, reliability and his courage to face the presidency tussle, but negate to mention states of hope in Northern Nigeria where the groups, Northern progressive element and Northern conservative Forum can muster 25% constitutional required votes for Wike”.
“We in the Northern PDP Concern Group believe that the project of Nyesom Wike championed by Senator Nazif is a serious anti Northern project and distance ourselves from it”, he said.
Salaman Danladi Maianguwa concluded stating that, “We urge the PDP delegates from all over Nigeria to disregard this project as it is aimed to cause distraction in our dear party, and aid the success of ruling party in the general election of 2023. This is an action against his people for satisfaction of his personal interest, Senator Nazif is alive but his actions has killed him as politicians devoid of substances”.
