The Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Friday blamed the defeat of his party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the presidential election and governorship elections in some states on President Goodluck Jonathan’s refusal to honour a single term pact allegedly reached by its leaders.

The Governor spoke in Minna at a convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology where he was the guest of honour. The lecture was titled, The Role of Law in the Enhancement of Socio-Economic Growth of the Nation.

Aliyu, who also lost the May 28 senatorial election to represent Niger East Senatorial District, said he and some of the party’s leaders saw the defeat coming. “Many of us saw it coming,” he said. “When I reminded that (that President Goodluck Jonathan had agreed to run for one term), they nearly crucified me. When I led the G7 (group of seven aggrieved PDP governors), they did not do what we wanted them to do until five members left and they did what we asked them to do.”

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