{"id":49171,"date":"2016-05-11T05:15:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T04:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=49171"},"modified":"2016-05-11T05:15:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T04:15:35","slug":"governor-bindow-babachir-opposition-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/governor-bindow-babachir-opposition-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Bindow, Babachir and the Opposition Within"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Adamawa state governor, Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow is facing a formidable opposition, or better said, a \u2018threat\u2019 within his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).\u00a0\u00a0Bindow\u2019s two adversaries within the APC are the former governor Murtala Nyako and son-led group and the \u2018Abuja Group\u2019- aggrieved members of the legacy parties, led by Secretary to the Federal government (SGF) Babachir David Lawal. The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still remains an outside threat which cannot be written-off, though it seems to have no clear leader and is a \u2018sleeping giant\u2019.<\/div>\n
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Each of the groups is mainly composed of elites. Political fight among Adamawa elites is not new; but it takes different dimensions depending on the political leanings of the sitting governor. Elitism is so much rooted in the politics of Adamawa to the extent that most political fights are centered on \u2018government patronage.\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n
The Nyako and the Babachir groups share almost same interests apart from belonging to the APC.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s alleged over-bearing influence on\u00a0Bindow\u2019s government and the obvious sidelining of Nyako and Babachir political associates is one of the main reasons for the current political hostility between them and Bindow. The Nyako and Babachir groups will definitely work together to accomplish their common goals.<\/span><\/div>\n
Before becoming the SGF, Babachir was said to have called Bindow on phone many times, but the governor ignored the phone calls. Thanks to providence- few days after the incident, Babachir was appointed SGF-. The political hostility between Babachir and Bindow became very obvious during Babachir\u2019s daughter wedding.\u00a0\u00a0There was a visible absence of Bindow and his entire government- some political observers said that it was even a command from the Governor that no government appointee should attend the wedding.\u00a0\u00a0It was so bad that Bola Tinubu, APC national leader had to use the vehicle of one of his friends when he came to Yola to attend the wedding.<\/span><\/div>\n
For the Nyako group, they definitely have to be aggrieved.\u00a0\u00a0In the build-up to the 2015 elections; a very small committee was setup to shop for a saleable governorship candidate- three names emerged- Dahiru Bobbo former Director General of National Boundary Commission, Boss Mustapha, APC chieftain and Tahir\u00a0Mamman former DG, Law School, Yola campus.\u00a0Bindow\u2019s name was not even in the list. The Nyako group\u00a0had to field\u00a0Bindow\u00a0during the primaries because they did not have an option, because among all the contenders, it was only\u00a0Bindow\u00a0who openly opposed\u00a0Nyako\u2019s impeachment and the group felt they could be at home with him.\u00a0Atiku in his political reasoning opted for Ibrahim Yayaji Mijinyawa, probably because of loyalty.\u00a0In fact, the APC governorship primary election was a contest between Atiku and Nyako.\u00a0Governor\u00a0Bindow\u00a0won\u00a0\u202aAPC<\/a>\u00a0governorship primaries solely by relying on former governor\u00a0Nyako\u2019s\u00a0political structures. And twice,\u00a0Bindow\u00a0beat Atiku Abubakar\u2019s preferred candidate Yayaji Ibrahim Mijinyawa in the primaries.<\/span><\/div>\n
Though, the Nyako\/Atiku rivalry dates back to 2003, Governor Bindow could have taken \u2018advantage\u2019 of both sides and simply used the presidency\u2019s influence to reconcile Atiku and Nyako and remain the \u2018son\u2019 of both camps. After all, when the chips are down; everyone answers his father\u2019s name. Well, Bindow is not to be blamed entirely, because no right-thinking politician can ignore Atiku\u2019s well-established vast political structure, immense war chest and history of successes in political legal battles that easily scares off his opponents.\u00a0Some political observers are of the view that Governor Bindow appears \u2018self-assured\u2019 in the murky waters of Adamawa politics, because he thinks, once one has Atiku\u2019s group by his side- most political opponents can easily be dealt with.\u00a0There is even insinuation that Bindow has started reaching some of his governor-colleagues to support Atiku\u2019s quest for presidency come 2019. Well, it is politics.<\/span><\/div>\n
There is need for Bindow to look inwards and start re-engaging all APC stakeholders, instead of just local government party chairmen once in a while. Looking at the current atmosphere of Adamawa political settings, the Babachir and Nyako group may have an edge over Bindow if they play their cards together and smartly, they will sway aggrieved members of the APC; they may also have \u2018Abuja\u2019 as all three senators from Adamawa are not Bindow\u2019s men- Abdul-Aziz Nyako is Nyako\u2019s blood son,\u00a0Ahmed Abubakar Mu Allahyidi is\u00a0Nyako\u2019s relative, while Binta Massi Garba was very close to Nyako.<\/span><\/div>\n
Both supporters and antagonists of Governor Bindow share a common view- they agree that Governor Bindow has performed and is doing excellently well in terms of critical infrastructure development, but he has a shortcoming\u00a0\u00a0in payment of salaries for primary school teachers, health & LGA workers and the failure to manage the widening division within his own party. There is ample time for all the groups to consider reconciliation, realignment and the spirit of give and take, most especially with the forthcoming June 2016 local government elections.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Zayyad I. Muhammad writes from Jimeta, Adamawa State, zaymohd@yahoo.com<\/a>, 08036070980. He blogs at\u00a0www.zayyaddp.blogspot.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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