The PDP presidential campaign coordinator for south-west, Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State on Tuesday in Abuja visited the national headquarters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, where he had a meeting with the members of its National Working Committee behind closed doors, described himself as a betrayer because he betrayed his friends in the interest of the country.
At the end of the meeting, Lamido was asked by journalists whether he agreed with his Kano State counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwanso, who described him(Lamido) as a betrayer. The Kano State governor said the Jigawa State governor betrayed his fellow governors in six other states who were aggrieved while in the PDP.
Apart from the two governors, others who were aggrieved in the PDP then were the governors of Rivers (Rotimi Amaechi), Kwara (Abdulfatah Ahmed), Niger (Babangida Aliyu), Sokoto (Aliyu Wamakko) and the then Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako.
However, all the other governors except Lamido and Aliyu had moved to the APC.
Kwankwaso said he expected Lamido to join them and said without defecting with them, the Jigawa State governor remains a betrayer. Lamido said he would not join issues with his Kano State counterpart, but said that he refused to defect because of national interest.
He said, “I am a betrayer. I betrayed them. I did. Yes. I am aligning myself to what he said. Go and find out from him. But I’m a betrayer in national interest.”
Nevertheless, Lamido said he and some governors who defected to the APC remain friends. He specifically mentioned Amaechi, who he described as his mutual friend.
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