Barely 48 hours after the North West zone of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) held a reconciliatory meeting in Kaduna, posters
of the Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido for 2015 presidency flooded
Kaduna streets with his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi as
running mate.
Lamido was reported to be absent at the
North West meeting last Saturday. Most streets linking Kaduna South and
North of the metropolis were splashed with the posters. Daily Sun
observed the posters were conspicuous at the popular Ahmadu Bello
Stadium Roundabout and on public structures, such as billboards, fences
and poles in the metropolis.
Sources in Kaduna volunteered that
the appearance of the posters hours after the North-West meeting has
cast a pall of failure on the reconciliatory effort led by PDP chairman.
Contacted for comments on the posters, Chief Press Secretary to the
Rivers State Governor, David Iyofor denied involvement of the governor
with 2015 election and posters.
“We are not aware of any such posters. We didn’t ask anybody to paste posters in Kaduna or elsewhere,” Iyofor said.
According
to him, mischief-makers determined to ridicule the two governors
werebehind the posters, as the Rivers governor had not indicated any
interest to contest the presidential race.
Also reacting, the
Director of Press Affairs to the Jigawa governor, Umar Kyari Jitau told
Daily Sun that they knew nothing about the posters.
According to
him: “You are in Kaduna I am in Dutse, if you have said you found the
posters in Dutse, we may as well want to begin to investigate those
behind it. But Kaduna, honestly we don’t know anything about it and in
fact you are the one telling me about it. I have not seen it,” Kyari
said.
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