Northern Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party have passed vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his administration has done nothing for growth and development of the region.
The governors expressed their dissatisfaction with the state of the nation, particularly the situation of things in the north, when they met late on Wednesday in Abuja.
The PDP governors accused the Buhari regime of doing little or anything for the North despite being at the helms of affairs and controlling political power.
The Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, who spoke after the meeting, also disclosed that PDP governors who recently moved to the APC did not do so out of their free will and volition.
The governors alleged that their Cross River and Zamfara State counterparts, Ben Ayade and Bello Matawalle respectively, were literally armtwisted and intimidated into leaving the PDP to join the ruling party.
Ishaku said, “ All governors of the PDP who have joined the ruling APC in recent times, did so because of intimidation. Most of our members are also being intimidated persistently. We want the intimidation stopped because we are not comfortable with it.
“We all resolved that the APC government has not provided the leadership needed in the North. And so, we the PDP governors in the North are not satisfied with the leadership of the APC government in the North.
“And we are drawing the attention that even though the leadership is in the North, our region is being short-changed. We want that observation to be noted.
“We the PDP governors have also resolved that, on our own, to continue to do our best for our people as we have already been doing in our various states.”
Other Northern PDP governors who attended the meeting were Samuel Ortom (Benue), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Bala Muhammed (Bauchi) and Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa).
