Nyako Can Retrace His Steps Back To Us - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the impeached Governor of
Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd), is free to retrace his
steps back to the ruling party following his defection to the All
Progressives Congress.

Nyako, alongside governors of Rivers, Kano, Kwara and Niger states,
had defected from the PDP, November last year, after several months as
members of a faction of the party known as the New PDP.
However, the Publicity Secretary of the Lagos State PDP, Taofik Gani,
accused the opposition party of polluting the minds of PDP chiefs and
governors.
He said, "Gov. Nyako used to be a thorough person until he had reason
to go against President Jonathan and eventually defected from PDP.
However, let me commend him for having the moral guts to absolve the
President from this impeachment process
"He has absolved Jonathan, and I think that is good enough. At the
same time, there may be a subtle way of him trying to retrace his
tracks back to PDP and I will advise that he comes and does that
openly. He should come as quickly as possible and return to his
party".
The Lagos PDP spokesman, who was speaking in a telephone interview
withSUNDAY PUNCH, explained that it was political suicide for the
impeached governor to have defected to the APC as Adamawa is a
predominantly PDP state.
Mr. Gani expressed disappointment that members of the PDP in top
positions had defected.
He said, "It is unfortunate that our governors and other chieftains of
the PDP do not realise that they are infected and corrupted by these
tendencies in APC. Anytime a member of the PDP, who has been well
behaved, joins these tendencies in APC, the member becomes another
thing.
"He becomes recalcitrant and politically naïve, so much so that their
attitudes and characters even go against patriotism".
He further threw his weight behind the impeachment process that led to
Nyako's removal, saying it was in line with the provisions of the 1999
Constitution as amended. He added that the constitution was clear
about impeachable allegations.
Debunking the notion that the impeachment was anti-people, Gani argued
that if indeed Nyako was popular among the people in Adamawa, they
would have protested in his support.