Former PDP Governor Declares Intention to Become Nigeria's President in 2019

Sule Lamido

 

While speaking with newsmen in his village, Bamaina in Birnin-kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State, former governor, Sule Lamido, on Monday, said he would contest for the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.

 

Though he said the party’s ticket will not be given to anybody on the platter of gold, he added that a candidate must earn it. "If my party finds me worthy of the party’s presidential ticket to serve Nigeria, I will thank God and oblige.

"Although there are issues in the party that we are all working to resolve, we hope to have success soon and come out united.

"As I’m talking to you now, we are working silently to resolve our differences and bring back to our fold those that left the party for APC," Lamido said.

 

The former governor also said the internal crisis in the PDP was the reason for its defeat in 2015 general elections, adding the the party has the capacity to rule the country again but the members must work hard to achieve that.

 

"PDP has the capacity to rule the country again but the members must work hard to achieve that," he said.

 

Lamido denied any rift between him and his successor, Governor Muhammad Badaru of the All Progressives Congress (APC), "We have mutual respect for each other and I have no differences with him other than political ideologies."

 

He said both of them had mutual respect for each other and he had no differences with him other than political ideologies.

 

Lamido and his sons are currently being prosecuted for corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).