More revelations have emerged on the alleged
conspiracy of the US in the electoral defeat of
former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
Jonathan had claimed that former American
President Barack Obama, was responsible for
his loss.
Jonathan had said, “President Barack Obama
and his officials made it very clear to me by
their actions that they wanted a change of
government in Nigeria and we’re ready to do
anything to achieve that purpose. They even
brought some naval ships into the Gulf of
Guinea in the days preceding the election.”
Meanwhile, the US has since denied the
allegation, insisting that Jonathan lost the
election because Nigerians wanted him out.
In an advance copy of ‘Against the Run of Play’,
a book written by Segun Adeniyi, Babangida
Aliyu, former Niger state governor and ex-
chairman of the Northern Governors Forum,
gave a hint of possible US involvement in the
electoral defeat of Jonathan.
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He said the Obama administration invited 12
northern governors to the US to ascertain their
level of commitment to removing Jonathan.
Aliyu said, although he had no proof of this, but
expressed the belief that the reason for their
invitation to the US was deeper than discussing
the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.
“I have no proof of course, but I think the idea
was to ascertain what the disposition of the
north would be to the idea of another term for
President Jonathan.
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“That was my reading of the situation. I believe
it was all about the 2015 election for which the
Americans had resolved not to support
Jonathan. They just wanted to size us up for
the level of commitment to regime change,”
Aliyu said.
Aliyu said in one of the sessions, Murtala Nyako,
former Adamawa state governor, accused
Jonathan of sponsoring Boko Haram with the
intent of destroying the north.
He added that Nyako’s accusation signalled to
the Americans that the north was not in support
Jonathan’s re-election bid.
“If Jonathan had been clever enough to say he
would not run and had stuck with the PDP
zoning formula by supporting a young northern
candidate, I am most certain Buhari would have
shelved his ambition to contest in 2015, knowing
there was no way he would win,” he said.
The book, which details how Jonathan lost the
2015 election, will be launched on Friday.
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