yesterday that he remained strong and resolute in face
of the impeachment process initiated against him by the
state House of Assembly.
The governor also denied reports making the rounds that he was
contemplating throwing in the towel as a face-saving
measure even as he said he does not need the
intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan on the
matter.
Based on allegations of gross misconduct, including
corruption and nepotism, some members of the House of
Assembly are pushing for Nyako's impeachment.
The governor, who stated this yesterday when he
stormed the presidential villa in Abuja, twice in less than
24 hours, to attend the inauguration of the steering
committee of the Safe Schools Initiative by the president.
Nyako is a member of the steering committee.
Responding to questions by State House correspondents
whether he had been making overtures to the president
to intervene in the impeachment saga, Nyako said, "Not
yet. It has not reached that crisis point"
He, however, did not rule out the possibility of calling for
help from the president when the need arises.
"We have supported him all this time; he has supported
us and in situations like these when Mr. President's
support is required, we will seek it", Nyako said.
When asked to react to reports that some former Heads
of State had spoken to the president on his behalf, the
governor said: "That will be excellent".
Asked whether he might likely resign, he said he was not
considering that option yet, even as he expressed the
confidence that he would survive the ongoing
impeachment proceedings against him.
The governor noted that since the issue was before the
court, it was expected that the House of Assembly
members would not do anything illegal.
"Well, it is in the court and the court said it was not well
done. We are hoping that if they want to do it, they will
do it following the normal process in whatever they want
to do", Nyako stated, just as he claimed that the state
was calm and peaceful.
Asked to give insight into the root cause of the crisis, he
said: "Adamawa is a very interesting place. If I tell you
we have 87 ethnic groups and the two religions are fairly
balanced, it means that being sensitive to each and
everyone of us is very important.
"It is a place of intellectualism; everybody has his own
point of view and you have a group of people who share
a certain point of view. And until it changes, they will
maintain that point of view. But we have been peaceful
somehow and we will remain peaceful", he pledged.
On whether he nursed the plan to defect back to the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nyako noted that:
"Quite frankly, you know how I joined the PDP and
partisan politics in the first place. It is not really my field.
My field is known. You know what I was before. We are
straightforward; have two distinctions: loyalty and
disloyalty; two separate pieces.
"But one of the politicians told me that there are a lot of
things in between loyalty and disloyalty which up till this
moment I have not appreciated. So, for me, disloyalty
with this type of attitude with Nigerian politics of today
you are likely to step on toes of a few".
The governor, who was clad in a white Caftan and a
black cap to match, drove into the villa at about 2:00pm
in a black Toyota Camry with Gombe State registration
number.
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