{"id":14150,"date":"2017-04-27T19:18:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14150"},"modified":"2017-04-27T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T19:18:30","slug":"babangida-confirms-us-conspiracy-to-remove-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14150","title":{"rendered":"BABANGIDA CONFIRMS US CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE JONATHAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new vista has opened in the alleged conspiracy of the US in the electoral defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan has blamed former US President Barack Obama for his defeat in the 2015 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>He said Obama was desperate to have him removed, \u00a0and he alleged that the former US president went as far as turning world leaders against him and sending warships into the Gulf of Guinea in the days preceding the election.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>In an advance copy of \u2018Against the Run of Play\u2019, a book written by Segun Adeniyi, a renowned journalist, Babangida Aliyu, former Niger state governor and ex-chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, gave a hint of possible US involvement in the electoral trouncing of Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Obama administration invited 12 northern governors to the US to ascertain their level of commitment to removing Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>Although, Aliyu said he had no proof of this, he expressed the belief that the reason for their invitation to the US was deeper than discussing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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,\u201d he told Adeniyi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13020&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Nyako\u2019s accusation signalled to the Americans that the north was not in support Jonathan\u2019s re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that if Jonathan had declined to re-contest and had allowed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to field a young candidate from the north, President Muhammadu Buhari would have pulled out of the race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13209\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation-75x75.jpg 75w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/jonathan-foundation.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The book, which details how Jonathan lost the 2015 election, will be launched on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Adeniyi, the author, is the editorial board chairman of THISDAY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new vista has opened in the alleged conspiracy of the US in the electoral defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan. 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