I dumped Nyako after Atiku gave me N500m – Gov. Muhammad Bindow.

Yesterday, Gov. Muhammad Bindow who allegedly rode to election victory on the political structure of the former governor of the state, Murtala Nyako, revealed why he dumped him and shifted loyalty to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.While hosting indigenes of

Jimeta at the Government House, Bindow said: “I shifted loyalty to former Vice President Atiku because of the N500m he gave to support my campaign. During the campaign, Nyako and his son Abdulazziz were in London.

I have no regret over my decision. Apart from the money from the headquarters, nobody gave me N10 during the campaign. When the former VP asked me if we had any financial problem, I called the then party state secretary, Abdullahi Bakari, to write and put our campaign demand at N300m to Atiku.

It was after the submission that Atiku sent me half a billion naira through Jauro.” According to the Electoral Act, individuals are prohibited from making election contributions beyond N1million.

Confirming Bindow’s claim, the Chief of Staff to the governor, Abdulrham Abba, said: “When you have two enemies, you join one to fight the other. So what the governor did was right. We are working with Atiku because we believe in him and his political ideology.”