This is the sorry story of the massively embarrassing coincidence of the 20th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, and the move by some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors annulling the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, election of Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its chairman. It is the story of how democracy in Nigeria is determined by the person defining its terms, not on the global gold standard.

There was an election held on Friday May 24, 2013, at the Rivers State Government House, Abuja by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to elect a chairman. Against all odds, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of RiversState, who was having a running battle with the presidency, got re-elected for a second tenure as he defeated Governor Jonah Jang of PlateauState, said to be the candidate of President Goodluck Jonathan by 19 to 16 votes.

Speaking exclusively to Saturday Vanguard, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor David Jonah Jang, Mr. James Manu said that the Governor reconciles the parties in the Forum. He said: “Well, you need to appreciate it, first and foremost, from the background that he never looked for it.

It looked like a war and true, it was. With every thing in its arsenal, the Federal Government stoutly rose against the re-election of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of RiversState as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF.

Nothing has heated the polity more in the last few days than the controversial Nigeria Governors’ Forum,NGF election.