Impeachment: I haven’t sought Jonathan’s help — Nyako
•Denies considering resignation. The embattled governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, says he has not yet sought President Goodluck Jonathan’s help on the moves by members of the state assembly to impeach him. The governor spoke to State House correspondents today after attending the inauguration of the Safe Schools Initiative steering committee. Nyako, alongside his […]
•Denies considering resignation.
The embattled governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, says he has not yet sought President Goodluck Jonathan’s help on the moves by members of the state assembly to impeach him.
The governor spoke to State House correspondents today after attending the inauguration of the Safe Schools Initiative steering committee.
Nyako, alongside his deputy, Bala Ngilari, is currently facing impeachment moves from members of the state assembly over allegations of gross misconduct.
A seven-member panel set up by the state acting Chief Judge, Ambrose Mammadi, to investigate the allegations, had commenced sitting in Yola since Monday.
Responding yesterday to a question of whether he had reached out to Jonathan for help, Nyako simply said: “Not yet. It has not reached that crisis point”.
He, however, noted that the president’s support would be sought if such is needed to resolve any crisis situation in the state.
“We’ve supported him (Jonathan) all this time; he has supported us, and in situations like these, when Mr. President’s support is required, we will seek it. I’m hoping that he’ll give it to us without asking for it.”, Nyako said.
The governor denied that he was considering resignation, claiming that his state was still peaceful.
“Well it (the matter) is in the court and the court said it was not well done. We are hoping that if they want to do it, they do it following the normal process in whatever they want to do”, he said, adding that he believed he should have a fair hearing.
Asked to explain the root cause of his travails, Nyako said: “Adamawa is a very interesting place. We’ve 87 ethnic groups and two religions, we’re fairly balanced. It means that being sensitive to each and everyone of us is very important. It’s a place of intellectualism; everybody has his own point of view and you’ve a group of people who share a certain point of view. And until it changes, they’ll maintain that point of view. But we’ve been peaceful somehow and we’ll remain peaceful”.
On the insinuation that he was planning to return to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Nyako said: “Quite frankly, you know how I joined the PDP and partisan politics in the first place. It’s not really my field. My field is known. You know what I was before. We’re straightforward; we’ve two distinctions: loyalty and disloyalty; two separate forces. But one of the interior politicians told me that there are a lot of things in between loyalty and disloyalty which up till this moment I’ve not appreciated. So, for me, disloyalty with this type of attitude, with Nigerian politics of today, you’re likely to step on toes of a few”.