I'm Next In Line After Jonathan - Aliyu

Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu was a mem­ber of the group of seven governors (G7), who stormed out of Eagles square during the PDP national convention in August 2013, to register their displeasure against the party for what they perceived as injustice.

At the heat of the crisis, five of his colleagues defected to the APC but he refused to move. Why? From all indications, the governor appears to be hanging out with the party with the hope that he will get the ticket to succeed President Goodluck Jonathan in 2019 if the president wins the March 28 presidential election. He actually confirmed this in a recent interview with The Sun.

When asked, "With what you are saying about the North being shortchanged should Buhari run, are you going to run for the post of the President in 2019?"

He replied, "I have a problem in that direction, believe me all the positions I ran for even the House of Representatives that I ran for in 1983, it was the people who said come, even this Senate it wasn’t me who said I wanted it, if I am alive and if the people ask me or if the people say I should come out and run for 2019, will I accept? Yes, I accept even before the question."