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| Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State |
via The NATION:
More facts also emerged yesterday [Apr. 25] on the confrontation between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State at the Security Council meeting over the governor’s controversial letter on the state of insecurity in the Northeast.
Two versions of the drama on Nyako’s toxic letter to Northern governors were relayed to The NATION last night by sources at the meeting.
One of the sources said:
When President Goodluck Jonathan raised the matter on the agenda, Nyako said he holds the President in high esteem and would not do anything to undermine his office. The governor also said ‘Mr. President, you are a good man, but you have some people around you that are bad’.
The President was not carried away by Nyako’s sentiments and he asked the governor to address the issues in the letter. He asked Nyako to read the letter to the council.
Nyako owned up to the contents of the letter and read it without any remorse. Like a school boy, he stood up to read the letter. After the reading session, the President asked Nyako: What do you have to say? While still on his feet, Governors Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) and Martin Elechi (Ebonyi) descended him.
An unperturbed Nyako refused to apologize even though most of the governors disapproved of his letter. The Northern governors were shocked that Nyako did not back up his claim with any intelligence fact.
Another source said:
It was true that Nyako initially went cyclical praising the President who was unmoved by his U-turn. At a point, the President attempted to read the letter and when he was trying to shuffle through it.
In a brave manner, the Adamawa State Governor sought the indulgence of the President to read the letter to the hearing of the council members. But Nyako could actually not defend the contents of the letter. Or, maybe as a former Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, he knew too much and he did not want to divulge it at the session.
His reluctance led to some scathing remarks from some governors who took exception to certain information in the letter. At the end, Nyako had no regrets. He even created a mild sensation when he refused to sit beside a South-East governor. This was what happened. We were not happy, but I think we have successfully thrashed the issue.
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