The politics of acrimony currently tearing the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, apart, has assumed a fresh dimension, as the warring factions have through two separate suits, asked different Abuja high courts to recognize them as the authentic body of Governors in the country.
This was just as monarchs from the South-South geo-political zone have commenced moves to resolve the face-off between President Goodluck Jonathan and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, which dovetailed into the crisis rocking the Governors Forum.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, is leading the faction loyal to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, while the other faction in court has Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, who is equally a lawyer, as its leader.
The Akpabio group are urging the high court to hold that only Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has the valid mandate to represent and speak on behalf of all the Governors of the 36 states of the federation, having emerged as the consensus candidate for the chairmanship position of the NGF.
It is their contention that 19 Governors of the federation had unanimously endorsed Jang, insisting they have proof of evidence to that effect.
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