Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NGSF), Dr. Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, yesterday got more than what he bargained for when his Plateau State counterpart Jonah Jang furiously descended on him over his allegation that the Presidency had bribed 400 prominent northerners to support President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential elections.

Responding to the allegation made by Aliyu on Saturday, Jang, factional chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), described Aliyu as number one on the list of betrayers of northern interests.

Said Jang in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja: “The ultimate betrayal occurred when the northern governors met and agreed on Governor Jang as the consensus candidate of the North to become the chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum only for Governor Aliyu and his cohorts to betray the Northern Governors agreement.

“Maybe Governor Aliyu and his group do not see me as a Northerner and perhaps need to explain to us what makes you a northerner if they can so flagrantly disregard the collective decision.

“If Governor Aliyu is accusing anybody in the North of betrayal, maybe he should think hard to find out if these people did not hear.”

In a related development, special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, also took Governor Aliyu to the cleaners, dismissing him as an unserious person who delights in making frivolous allegations against Jonathan.

•Photo shows Jang.