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Social Member
Mallam Adamu Ciroma, former Minister of Finance and Agriculture has said today in Kaduna that he lost interest in Nigerian politics because of PDP's dirty tricks where leadership is concerned, especially on the rotational Presidency formula.
Instead of abiding by the agreement, he said, PDP turned the tables around as soon as President Umaru Yar'Adua died in 2010.
He reiterated on Liberty FM in Kaduna that a Northerner should have concluded Yar'Adua's tenure instead of President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said, “I was there when the party was moving the Presidency between the North and the south. And this President was there when General (Olusegun) Obasanjo presided over the agreement in the PDP, which agreed that the movement of the Presidency from North to South should be based on two terms.
“President Obasanjo did his two terms on behalf of the South, and Yar’Adua was doing his first term on behalf of the North but unfortunately, he died. And the PDP leaders, instead of agreeing on somebody from the North to complete Yar’Adua’s term, they all went to ensure that the Vice President became the President; and since the leaders we made agreement with departed from this agreement, I lost interest in Nigerian political affairs.
“Because if you cannot trust people you form a party with, you win power with, you work hard with, whether it is Tony Annenih or any other of the party, I lost interest in the party itself.”
Instead of abiding by the agreement, he said, PDP turned the tables around as soon as President Umaru Yar'Adua died in 2010.
He reiterated on Liberty FM in Kaduna that a Northerner should have concluded Yar'Adua's tenure instead of President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said, “I was there when the party was moving the Presidency between the North and the south. And this President was there when General (Olusegun) Obasanjo presided over the agreement in the PDP, which agreed that the movement of the Presidency from North to South should be based on two terms.
“President Obasanjo did his two terms on behalf of the South, and Yar’Adua was doing his first term on behalf of the North but unfortunately, he died. And the PDP leaders, instead of agreeing on somebody from the North to complete Yar’Adua’s term, they all went to ensure that the Vice President became the President; and since the leaders we made agreement with departed from this agreement, I lost interest in Nigerian political affairs.
“Because if you cannot trust people you form a party with, you win power with, you work hard with, whether it is Tony Annenih or any other of the party, I lost interest in the party itself.”
