Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa State, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu appointed Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) mainly to help secure political influence in the South-South region. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Lamido said Wike’s role in the administration is strategic and temporary, based solely on Tinubu’s…
Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said while his support for the Senator David Mark-led adopted party, African Democratic Congress, ADC, remained, his loyalty to Peoples Democratic Party PDP, was unquestionable. This came on a day African Democratic Congress, ADC, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the federal government of hypocrisy over…
Sule Lamido, a former Jigawa State Governor and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed willingness to support Mr. Peter Obi in the 2027 Presidential election should he emerge as the standard bearer of the coalition. This is just as the Middle Belt Forum said may have no choice than stick with Peter…
The Presidency has strongly dismissed recent allegations by former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, who claimed on live television that President Bola Tinubu supported the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Describing Lamido’s assertions as a “distortion of history” and “regrettable revisionism,” the Presidency clarified that President Tinubu was, in fact, a vocal…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu threw his weight behind Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s decision to annul the June 12, 1993, election won by the late Moshood Abiola. In an exclusive interview with AriseNews on Sunday morning, Lamido stated that he feels highly entertained by Tinubu’s rhetoric…
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, as a disaster who should be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lamido said this in a telephone interview in Abuja on Tuesday. He explained that although he remains a member of the PDP, a party…
Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, one of the original nine persons (G9) that laid the foundation of what later became the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has revealed how the late Chief Bola Ige challenged northerners in the group to prove their sincerity in the fight against General Sani Abacha’s rule. Lamido gave an account…
Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of not telling Nigerians the true situation of the country and his administration. Lamido, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), also accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of not being transparent with Nigerians during his time. Lamido leveled the accusations…
Sule Lamido, an ex-governor of Jigawa, says former President Muhammadu never wanted Bola Tinubu to be his successor. Lamido said Buhari wanted Ahmad Lawan, a former senate president, to succeed him. In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Lamido said Buhari was “naive and absurd” in his political calculation, adding that the former president wanted…