Former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political matters, Ahmed Gulak said yesterday that he was not sacked from office because he was found incompetent.
Speaking with Journalists in Abuja yesterday, Gulak who noted he played his role the way he knew it, defended the President and took on anybody who said President Jonathan should not contest, says that the President will contest the 2015 general elections, saying that there was no alternative to President Jonathan in 2015.
“I don’t believe my leaving office will reduce my popularity and I was not removed from office for any offence. I played my part the way I know it, I have defended the President and I took on anybody who said President Jonathan should not contest.
“For unity and continuity there is no alternative to President Jonathan. Nigerians should rally round him in 2015.
“Jonathan has the Constitutional right to contest, if you don’t want to vote for him is a different thing than to say he should not contest,” he stated.
Gulak, who is a governorship aspirant in the Adamawa state governorship election, said he was in the race to bring about peace as well as unite the people of the state who have been polarised by former governor Murtala Nyako.
“Nyako was imposed on PDP and he never aspired to be governor in 2007. As far as I am concern APC profile is declining gradually and is dying. I have not seen a candidate or aspirant that can beat me in free and fair contest.
“Nyako is the highest mistake in democracy. He is a disaster, a disappointment to his family and the state. Nyako and his family are on the run and the people of Adamawa are after them,” he said.
On why he want to contest the governorship election in Adamawa, Gulak said, “my motivation is that majority of the people believe in me. There is underdevelopment in the state, Adamawa has been brought to its kneel by the past governor. The people need emacipator to bring the state back to its enviable position.”
