A former Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr. Mohammed Modibbo, on Wednesday described as baseless and unfounded reports that claimed he met the embattled Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.
It was reported that the ex-UBEC boss had met Nyako to discuss who would be the governor’s successor should the impeachment process against him sailed through.
But Moddibo, in a statement by his counsel, Sulaiman Usman, said such a meeting only held in the imagination of those who reported it.
He said as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, he had no relationship with Nyako since the governor left the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.
The statement partly read, “There was a baseless report that our client had a private meeting Governor Murtala Nyako and struck a deal for Nyako to support our client in the race to succeed him.
“The said news item depicted our client as someone who is not a loyal member of the Peoples Democratic Party but a mole in the party who is placed to work against the interest of the party he laboured to build for many years.
“It also portrayed Modibbo as engaging in anti-party activities and calculated to disparage and pit him against the Presidency and the leadership of the PDP, thereby jeorpadising his political aspiration to become the governor of Adamawa State.
“It is instructive to state unequivocally that Modibbo has not met Nyako since the governor left PDP for APC. He remains a loyal and committed member of the PDP.”
The statement added that since the rumour started making the rounds, Moddibo had been receiving phone calls, visitors and messages from his colleagues, political and associates relations, well-wishers and large followers in Nigeria and beyond on the non-existing meeting.
The ex-UBEC boss is one of the governorship aspirants of the PDP in Adamawa State.
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