Lamido: If you follow social media, you would think APC has won 99% of the votes
Sule Lamido, governor of Jigawa state, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the general election contrary to the impression being created in the social media.
He was speaking on Tuesday after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential villa in Abuja.
He said what Nigerians read on the social media is different from reality.
“If you go through the social media, what they paint is that APC has won almost 99 percent. In Nigeria?” he said.
Lamido described APC as an “amalgamation” of desperation, saying the country is too big for them to govern.
“What is APC? An amalgamation of pain, anger and desperation. And this country is too big for them,” he said.
“What is this opposition In Nigeria? You must know Nigerian history. Nigeria cannot be governed by an aggregate of pain, anger and frustration. And I have been saying those called opposition who are now abusing us, whatever might have been our crime, it was that crime that made them.
“We created that for them to become either governors, or legislators, we created room for them to emerge. So whatever they think is our evil, they are the manifestations of the evil. Believe me, you don’t know Nigeria.”
Lamido also described former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who on Monday relinquished his PDP membership card, as a father who is angry with his children.
He said: “Baba is more than a party man. He is an icon, a national symbol and a leader and an inventor, a creator of all the institutions today in Nigeria from the presidency to the governors who are his own sons, are all his creations.
“And so, when a father is angry with his own children, we will only say we are sorry to him. But then we cannot be renounced for whatever it is. If you do any political DNA of our blood, you will find his blood in us. No matter what we are, we may not be able to live up to his expectations.
“We might have made some mistakes, but abandoning us is not the solution because the country is first before anything else. So, he is our Baba even up to the president. Baba is our Baba no matter what. He is angry with us, but then, what do we do? He gave us the life at a time when Nigerians were fighting us, he stood for us.”
Lamido served as Obasanjo’s foreign minister from 1999 to 2003.
Diplomatic Leader! I like Sule Lamido’s communication skills!
@ Musuru. How I wish I can like your comment. Am not a fan of PDP Nor APC, but among all the PDP governors. Sule Lamido has been diplomatic about PDP affairs than his colleagues.
GEJ WILL WIN THE ELECTIONS. THIS ELECTION WILL BE THE FREEST, FAIREST AND MOST PEACEFUL. THE PRESENT PERFORMING GOVERNOR OF JIGAWA STATE IS THE MOST SUITABLE NORTHERNER FOR 2019 PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA BY THE SPECIAL GRACE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
I really like Sule Lamido.He is a true patriot,respectable and loyal.by the grace of God he shall be our President after GEJ
S Lamido whthr DNA or DATA BASE insha allh ur end has come u like it or not APC will govern this country and baba aremu is man of his wrds and he have made he is no longer with you bounch trators PDP will soon become histry put it at the back of ur mind.
Lamido is afraid of the EFCC to dust back his son’s case hahaha he is so smart.
Lamido hahaha is smarter than all of them in PDP,because EFCC still have his son’s case file and ready to revisit his case.
Soothing words for GEJ from S. Lamido. Soon, Nigerians will know who is deceiving who. Something is howver, very clear Buhari is our next president WEF May 29, 2015.
Lamido end of the road, Insha’allah defnatilly PDP will lost
I dont think we need this man called Obasanjo again, he is enemy to our country Nigeria.
I like the diplomatic posture of Lamido.
I am very surprise when i hear some nigerians talking bad about APC. In life there is always opposition to sit up the ruling government. At such the coming of APC on board has made PDP to know that we are tired of them. Besides, Lamido should know that the social media is also nigerians talking. Therefore PDP accept the wind of change passing through our great country.
what are you changing mr. bita or whatever your name is.
changing to dictatorship and military intents
Lamido has spoken well but you people should have done the right thing before now.
If they PDP are confident of winning why posponed the election bunch of loosers
the time has come and gone when the hausa took the nigeria government to be their personal thing.
GEJ All d way by d grace of God APC dead and buried for aboki ba certificate Buhari cant rule naija bet me.vote GEJ 4 president com March 28-)