Tuesday, September 2, 2014

2015: Lamido Kicks Against Jonathan’s Presidential Endorsement

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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