Southern governors have betrayed oath of allegiance – Abdullahi Adamu

The recent meeting of the Southern Governors Forum is an act of betrayal of trust. Each governor swore to an oath and they emphasised loyalty to the sovereignty of this country. They pledged their loyalty to the President of the country. That’s their oath of office.

“While we accept the fact that we have various forms of association and freedom of expression as citizens, they have failed to express their views through the right channel.

“They are members of the Council of State. There is no better forum at their level to take a joint decision than such forum. The fact that they have taken a decision as a divisive move, does not speak well of their intention.
“I think they are just playing to the gallery. What they are saying is not new. They are like broken record, saying the same thing over and over again.

“Why can’t they come to the appropriate body which is the National Assembly to project their ideas?

“They have members in the National Assembly who are representing them. If they have an issue that is so important as that, which borders on the Constitution of the country, they should go there and express their grievances.
“We would sit, debate it and see how best we can come out of it. There can’t be Nigeria if every one wants to have things happen in his or her own way.

“There is a Constitution and there is a framework that we are supposed to operate as governors. To go outside it is a betrayal of their oath of office.

“Each of them talking there, if you take a look at what is happening in their individual states, they cannot in all honesty and good conscience, challenge Buhari.

“Just take them one by one and see what they are doing in their states and what the people who voted for them are undergoing.

“Is it Buhari that caused it? Did Buhari withhold their federation account allocation? Did Buhari collect their internal revenue? It is just enough of this nonsense.

“Anybody who wants restructuring should bring his proposal to the National Assembly as a private member bill.

“They have members who would bring it up. I wonder why educated people, some of whom are lawyers, would just want to make noise to divert attention.

“Our eyes are on the ball and they would remain on the ball. They can go on talking, Nigeria will remain a united country.”