Despite Our Friendship, I’ll Work Against Tinubu In 2027 – Sule Lamido

A salient fig successful the main absorption party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has said that his narration with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu volition not halt him from moving against him successful the 2027 statesmanlike election.

Lamido stated they would proceed to combat politically, contempt precocious being seen chatting and greeting President Tinubu successful Kaduna.

Sule Lamido, a erstwhile politician of Jigawa State, told the BBC that his relationship with Tinubu would not hinder his efforts to unite Nigerian politicians and prolong absorption efforts aimed astatine the country’s development.
Last Friday, Lamido and Tinubu were seen joking and laughing during the wedding of erstwhile Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari’s lad successful Kaduna, an enactment that sparked a disturbance among Nigerian governmental circles.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was besides seen visiting Lamido past week. Both politicians person agelong been successful the PDP, good earlier Atiku announced his defection to the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC).

“Atiku and I formed the PDP; erstwhile helium was the Vice President, I was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. What is incorrect erstwhile Nigerians travel unneurotic to sermon the authorities of their country?” Lamido asked.
‘Tinubu and I Know Each Other Very Well’

Sule Lamido has been 1 of the astir vocal absorption PDP members criticising the ruling APC, particularly since the medication of the precocious President Muhammadu Buhari.
However, his narration with President Tinubu is longstanding, dating backmost to the 1990s erstwhile they some belonged to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Tinubu and Lamido were seen exchanging pleasantries during their gathering astatine the Sultan Bello Mosque successful Kaduna past Friday. When asked what they discussed, Lamido responded:

“We cognize each different precise well, but we haven’t met successful a while, and present helium is the President of Nigeria.
I told him, ‘You look nice.’ He besides told me, ‘Is that however you person changed? Sule, I emotion you due to the fact that you are trustworthy.’ We laughed and left.”

Despite the encounter, Lamido reiterated that his precedence is uniting Nigerians to reason the APC authorities led by Tinubu.
Although Atiku and different PDP figures person defected to the ADC, Lamido insists helium remains successful the PDP but maintains connection with some existent and erstwhile enactment members.

“It’s not conscionable Atiku who is present successful a antithetic party; we are speaking to galore radical who were erstwhile unneurotic but are present divided. We are each Nigerians, and we privation our state to progress,” helium said.
Lamido stated that the PDP is actively moving to resoluteness its interior crisis.

“There is nary uncertainty that we are perpetually engaging, ensuring that compromises are reached wherever needed, and maintaining connection and consultation, truthful that Nigeria tin determination forward. What we are doing is not for ourselves, but for the people,” said the erstwhile governor.

“Not conscionable maine – each Nigerian has a close to the President, and if helium is seen to beryllium wrong, there’s thing incorrect successful telling him the truth.”

ADC’s One-Term Prophecy Laughable – Lagos APC

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) assertion that President Bola Tinubu volition service lone 1 word arsenic idle speech and laughable.
Speaking connected Wednesday, Lagos APC spokesperson Seye Oladejo said the ADC is already “on beingness support” and would soon vanish into governmental obscurity.

“The APC notes with utter amusement the latest daydream from the tottering ADC, present parading itself arsenic a credible dependable successful Nigeria’s democracy.

Their assertion that President Tinubu volition beryllium a one-term President is thing but idle speech from a enactment that has ne'er tasted powerfulness astatine the centre and is improbable to bash truthful successful this lifetime.

It is alternatively convenient for a enactment that has nary grounds of winning elections astatine the nationalist level to statesman to constitute imaginary scripts astir the tenure of a person whose governmental sagacity, way grounds of service, and capableness to present are beyond question.”

According to him, President Tinubu has lone conscionable begun the hard enactment of resetting Nigeria connected the way to sustainable maturation and improvement — a work past leaders failed to instrumentality up.

“Our radical say, ‘You don’t larn to locomotion by archetypal attempting to run.’ The APC authorities nether Tinubu is laying coagulated foundations, measurement by step, for lasting transformation, portion the ADC continues to prance astir without roots oregon direction.”

Oladejo further argued that determination is nary motion the ADC stands immoderate existent accidental astatine the polls.

“The alleged prophecy of a one-term presidency is thing but wishful reasoning from a enactment whose champion d...