Four governors who rode on the back of their predecessors or godfathers to win during the 2023 general elections have swung into action amid whispers in certain quarters that their “godfathers” are still calling the shots, Daily Trust on Sunday reports.
Former governors: Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (Sokoto), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers), succeeded in bringing their preferred candidates to power in their respective states.
Since the return of democracy in 1999, the alleged overbearing influence of powerful politicians who succeed in winning elections for their preferred candidates keeps reverberating at the onset of every transition.
While the “powerful politicians” always distanced themselves from the alleged intrusion in the decision-making process of their successors or godsons now in power, pundits believe that most of the rancour that surfaces in the course of governance in those states could be attributed to undue interference.
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