Factional Vice Chairman of the Nigerian
Governors Forum, Governor Olusegun
Mimiko, yesterday, challenged the Governor
Rotimi Amaechi faction to release to the
public the video recording of the three-hour
exercise.
Speaking at this years Democracy day lecture in
Akure, Mimiko said that the Amaechi faction only
released a 10 minutes part of the video that favours
them.
The governor said: "Nigerians should ask the Pro-
Amaechi's group why he presided over an election
which he is also contesting. I specifically raised that
issue and insisted that he must resign but his
supporters maintained that he should supervise the
poll as a sitting chairman.
"They asked me whether I resigned my position
while seeking a re-election for a second term in
office and I replied them that it was not the same
thing because the NGF is like an association not a
democratic institution which had its existence
entrenched in the constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
"When it was obvious that we could not guarantee
the source of the ballot boxes and papers brought
by Amaechi, I protested again that we should
conduct the election openly by raising up our hands
in support of our preferred candidate, again, they
rejected it.
"The ballot papers they produced were without
serial numbers and we discovered this was a fraud,
hence there were protests.
"They never captured all these facts in their video
but merely recorded the fraction of the process
which was in line with their pre-determined
agenda."
The Democracy lecture was delivered by Prof Bola
Akinterinwa the Director General Nigerian
Institute of International Affair NIIA with the title
""Democracy, security and Development, the
challenges of Ondo state as a catalyst Agent"
Also the National Chairman of Labour Party Mr
Dan Nwayanwun has faulted the purported
emergence of Mr Rotimi Amaechi as the factional
chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum(NGF).
Nwanyanwu said in Akure that the claim of Rivers
State governor as NGF helmsman defiled all known
moral and legal requirements.
However Dr Mimiko said the governors had a
shouting match over the desperation of the former
chairman to retain the seat at all means.
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