•Sule Lamido
A former Jigawa State governor and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has asked former leaders of the party that defected to other parties to return to the PDP for it to reclaim power in 2027.
He restated that the opposition would not succeed in fighting President Bola Tinubu by emotion and anger, reports Nigerian Tribune.
Addressing various groups of the Jigawa PDP chapters, who had breakfast with him at Bamaina, his community in Birninkudu Local Government area, Lamido insisted that it is only PDP that has the capacity and capabilities to defeat President Tinubu if it reunite its members and become stronger again.
Lamido said that most of the current chieftains in other parties were members of the PDP, with some of them elected into choice public offices on the platform of the party.
He particularly urged former Governors Nasir El-Rufai, Peter Obi, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and the rest to come back to PDP and join forces with former presidents and vice presidents to save the Nigeria and Nigerians from the present administration.
“You cannot succeed in fighting Tinubu by emotion; by anger or by trying to revenge, it is not possible. It is better for all the leaders and chieftains of the other opposition parties to come back home (PDP) and join the remaining family members to achieve the desired objectives.
“Come back to your home, there is no shame in coming back home. Rejoin your initial and trusted family members with whom you achieved and provided good governance in the country between 1999 and 2015.
“When a country is going through difficulties and looking for a way forward, you don’t miss your vision based on your personal mode, in terms of what you feel from a government or institutions. So, the panic measures will not help us.
“We need to be more reflective, sober and honest to ourselves in looking at the country. See what it was before this government came in, are we better off now than under PDP? The answer is no; we are worse.
“So, please come back where you were. Remove PDP in the Nigerian history from 1999 till date, there is no Nigeria. All those who parade themselves as former governors, ministers and parliamentarians are all creation of PDP. They should come back home. There is no shame in coming back home,” Lamido said.
Lamido commended PDP leaders, members and legislators for their patriotism and foresight and for remaining in the party to work for interest of the people, particularly the common man’s social and economic well-being.
