Governor Sule Lamido of
Jigawa State, has said
quitting the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) is
not an option for him
despite people in the state
voting massively for the
opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC), because the
PDP can still recover from its
loss.
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa
State
He spoke to State House
correspondents after he met
behind closed doors with
President Goodluck Jonathan at
the Presidential Villa on
Thursday night, Daily
Independent reports.
Lamido lamented the loss of the
PDP in the presidential polls,
blaming it on the
mismanagement of its initial
successes, but praised
Muhammadu Buhari of the APC
for his ability to snatch the
Presidency from the ruling
party; although he said the
ultimate winner remains
Nigeria.
“I’m sure if you know the
party’s (PDP) history, what it
went through in the last 16
years, it has the capacity to
bounce back.
“With the elections, the pains
and the anger, PDP made some
mistakes and I have been
saying so; very costly mistakes,
and we have not been able to
properly manage our
successes.
“But I don’t think quitting PDP is
the answer and in any case,
Nigerian people have said yes
to the APC; they have spoken in
very loud and unmistaken ways.
“The votes are very
unambiguous and so, we
respect their choice and their
rights and we praise Buhari for
being able to take the ticket
from the PDP.
“Though, I am not happy, but it
is Nigeria that won, not Buhari.
None of them lost but Nigeria
won and it is enough of the
anxiety, enough of the worry
and the fear in Africa.“It was so intense, you would
not believe it as confirmed by
the chairperson of the African
Union and other international
friends who have called
thanking Nigeria for really
saving Nigeria and also saving
Africa,” he said.
On the speculation that PDP
governors did not work hard
enough for Jonathan, he said,
“we won’t go into blame game;
in what way will this blame
change the attitude of the
crowd?
“Leadership is a very huge
burden and it is normal for the
followership to stick in order to
look at things from their own
perspective.”
Lamido added; “whoever
becomes the president is a
Nigerian president, not a
president for a particular
region. This is how I see this
election and I thank Nigerians
for standing for Nigeria.”
Governor Lamido was one of
the PDP state governors who
shunned a visit to President
Goodluck Jonathan
following the conclusion of the
2015 Presidential election.
