We still have faith in Nyako – Commissioners via @iKanzee_RR

Yola – Commissioners who served under
former Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, have
denied dumping Nyako and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and planning to
defect to the PDP.
Last week, the Acting governor, Ahmadu
Fintiri, dissolved Nyako’s cabinet and held a
closed door meeting with his commissioners
at their request.
The meeting led to the allegation that the
commissioners had abandoned the former
governor.
Reacting to the allegation, Alhaji Aminu
Iyawa, the Chairman of Nyako’s
Commissioners Forum, said the meeting they
held with Fintiri had nothing to do with Nyako
or their defecting to the PDP.
“We only used the opportunity to request the
acting governor to settle our entitlements like
the severance allowance.
“Nothing was discussed about Nyako and
there was no request for us to move to PDP.
“As a forum, we still have faith in Nyako and
have not lost hope of his possible return to
his position in view of the pending court cases
challenging his removal,’’ Iyawa said.
Iyawa described the allegation that the
commissioners did nothing to stop Nyako’s
impeachment as “unfortunate’’.
He said that they were actively engaged in
making contacts with relevant stakeholders to
stop the impeachment.
“I think our problem was that some people
expected us to start abusing the lawmakers in
the media, but we felt the best thing is to
appeal to them through dialogue.
“We reached out to major stakeholders and
even made some headway before the whole
thing degenerated at the last minute due to
certain interest,’’ Iyawa said. (NAN)