Here are photos and profile of the list of Nigerian Governors who defied Godfatherism.
This list was compiled by a Nigerian, Melagros, a NL user.
The political dynamics in Nigeria is dramatic and full of setbacks, some governors resisted the gentleman’s agreement they had with their godfathers and made headway, unfortunately, others could not!
Please permit me to be brief/to summarise;
KATSINA STATE: Shema vs. Yar’adua; Shema defied Yar’adua orders, sacks SSG who’s Yar’adua’s relative
ADAMAWA STATE: Atiku vs Haruna; when Atiku became the vice president and he wanted to dictate leadership for Boni Haruna but the later resisted and served his people
GOMBE STATE: Goje vs. Dankwambo; after Goje worked hard for Dankwambo to succeed him to pilot the affairs of the state thinking is gonna be a smooth ride but his boy rebelled against his boss which till date they are not in good terms
AKWA IBOM STATE: Attah vs. Akpabio; Akpaboi who’s the current Nigeria’s senate president also had altercations with his former boss
AKWA IBOM STATE: Akpabio vs. Udom; Udom had dished out what Akpabio dished to Attah
ABIA STATE: Kalu vs. Orji; when Kalu wanted to remote-control Orji, but Orji almost killed the political career of Kalu in Abi State
ANAMBRA STATE: The Ubas vs Ngige; if Ngige is not a strong politician the Ubas could have messed him up in that state
EDO STATE: Oshiomhole vs Obaseki; Obaseki warned Oshiomhole that Edo State is not Lagos, immediately Oshiomhole behaved himself
RIVERS STATE: Ameachi vs Odili; Ameachi silenced Odili’s political career in Rivers State
RIVERS STATE: Obj vs Ameachi; Ameachi defied Obasanjo’s ‘K leg’ syndrome and became a governor
DELTA STATE: Uduaghan vs Okowa; when Okowa became governor citizens thought that Okowa would become a ‘boy-boy’ for the former, but Uduaghan was silent throughout the tenure of Okowa
RIVERS STATE: Wike vs Fubara; currently Fubara is on the final phase of sealing political domination of his predecessor
KADUNA STATE: El’Rufai vs Uba; Uba has already sent El’Rufai packing from the politics of Kaduna State and El’Rufai is on exile right now
KANO STATE: Kwankwaso vs Ganduje; unless it takes the intervention of God Ganduje has shredded the political career of his former boss
IMO STATE: Okorocha vs Uzodinma; Uzodinma has sentenced the political structure of Okorocha to life imprison.
However, the case was different for some governors who tried to defy their godfathers orders and those governors received the greatest humiliation of their life/political careers
LAGOS STATE: Tinubu vs Ambode; Tinubu dealt with Ambode mercilessly to the extent that Tinubu forbade Ambode from succeeding for second term
LAGOS STATE: …what was the circumstance that led to the elimination of Funsho Williams from the political arena of Lagos state?
LAGOS STATE: Tinubu vs Osinbanjo; Tinubu prevented Osinbanjo from succeeding Buhari
OYO STATE: Ibadan big boy vs Ladoja; when Rasheed Ladoja tried to challenge his godfather, Ladoja was humiliated with impeachment
OYO STATE: …what was the mystery behind the assassination of Bola Ige?
OGUN STATE: Obasanjo vs Osoba; Obasanjo allotted only one tenure for Osoba for trying to defy his orders
OGUN STATE: Obasanjo vs Bankole; Obasanjo vowed that in his life time, Bankole will never rule Ogun State and it’s playing out
OSUN STATE: Aregbosola vs Oyetola; when the later dared the former, one term became his national anthem
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KWARA STATE: Saraki (sr) vs Adesina; since godfatherism exists in that state, Lam Adesina served that state only one tenure, Saraki (sr) removed him and replaced him with Saraki (jn)
