As the North-West PDP caucus meeting ended in Kaduna state
with the endorsement of GoodLuck Jonathan to contest in the 2015 presidential
election, Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido and the state’s chapter of the
People Democratic Party (PDP) has vehemently kicked against the purported
decision.
The state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Mahmud disclosed
this while addressing news men in Dutse said, that the government and people of
our dear state (Jigawa) were not in any way in support of the content the of
the communique read after the Kaduna PDP north west zonal meeting in Kaduna
were they announced the endorsements of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest
presidential election under the party in 2015 general election.
His words:- “we are not part of the decision, we didn’t know
the content of the communique read after (Sunday) PDP north west zonal meeting
at Kaduna, the government (of Jigawa) and the people remain loyal to the party
and the federal republic of Nigeria, we are still members and remained loyal to
the party and country”.
The deputy governor who represented governor Sule Lamido
maintained that the government and the members of the party in the state
remained members of the party and loyal to the party, further stated that
“every one known the role that governor Sule Lamido and Jigawa state government
played canvassed supports and votes to President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011
election led him to won and occupied the presidential seat, but to our
greatest dismay Jonathan never fulfills any of the promises made to the people
in the state”.
Contacted the Vice national Chairman of the People
Democratic Party in charge of north
west zone Ambassador Ibrahim Musa Kazaure declined to
comment, said “I have no comment”.
The national PDP vice chairman who happened to be an
indigene of Jigawa state maintained that “any member of the party has a right
to express his opinion”
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