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Feelers from the
presidency revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan has perfected plans to
install Muhammed Babangida as the next governor of Niger State as part of his
political permutation to pacify his father, the former military president,
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.
President Goodluck
Jonathan's new game plan in Niger State politics, according to an insider, is a
political strategy to strengthen his chances in his second term bid in the 2015
presidential election.
A very dependable
source within the Niger State political circuit exclusively revealed to First
Weekly that the move is a plan laid down several years back and that it is
known to some political leaders in the state.
Sources said that
the game plan is that as the incumbent Governor Aliyu Babangida completes his
second term in office in 2015, Muhammed Babangida will mount the saddle of
leadership of the state.
And IBB, according
to sources, has swung into action and deplored all machinery in his power to
ensure his amiable son succeeds at the polls.
Information
reaching us from the Government House in Minna, the Niger State capital
indicates that the project could be difficult as Governor Babangida Aliyu is
also making underground moves to install a trusted and tested successor among
his political sons in the state as governor in 2015.
Our investigations
revealed that part of the reasons Governor Babangida Aliyu settled for a
trusted aide instead of his nephew and political godson, Muhammed Babangida, is
his plan to cover his alleged mismanagement of funds in the state that could
strain his presidential ambition in future election.
It will be
recalled that there is a silent feud between Governor Aliyu Babangida and
President Goodluck Jonathan over his ambition to occupy Aso Rock as the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015.
But Governor
Aliyu, who is one of the PDP governors that kicked against President Goodluck
Jonathan's second term bid, is yet to announce the political party through
which he plans to fulfill his presidential ambition.
Meanwhile in
readiness for the 2015 gubernatorial election in Niger State, Muhammed
Babangida, with the support of his father, IBB has reportedly declared his
ambition since May 3, 2013 to get his people prepared for the tasks ahead.
The epoch making
ceremony, which took place in Minna was attended by people from all walks of
life in the state.
The declaration
ceremony, according close sources, indicated that Babangida has already garnered
a meaningful followership in the state that could help him actualize his dream.
Observers in Niger State believe that sky will be the limit for Muhammed
Babangida in his bid to rule Niger State in 2015.
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