Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari represents violence and that there is no way his tenure can be violence-free.
Lamido, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, spoke when he visited the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
Lamido said that he visited members of the National Working Committee of the former ruling party to formally inform them of his intention to seek the ticket of the PDP to contest the 2019 Presidential election.
He was accompanied by a former Minister of Women Affairs, Josephine Anenih and scores of PDP chieftains from across the country.
Addressing the national leadership of the party, Lamido described himself as the national bridge Nigerians need to reclaim power.
He said,
“Buhari has nothing to offer Nigerians. Where was Buhari when we formed the PDP in 1998? He was a supporter of General Sani Abacha. Let me say this: Buhari represents violence and do not forget that the character of a leader has a way of affecting the behaviour of the people.
“That is why there are a lot of killings today in the country. Muslims are killing Muslims and in Ebonyi, some people are fighting against themselves.”
The former governor of Jigawa State further noted that unlike the PDP, the APC would seize to exist if individuals like President Buhari chooses to abandon it.
He said,
“People have left the PDP and we are still here. Take Buhari out of the APC, and the party is dead,” and chided haters of constructive criticisms against the President Buhari-led administration.
On his Presidential ambition, Lamido said,
“I am a national bridge and I have a large heart. I am not an aspirant but the aspirant. We are determined to reclaim Nigeria for Nigerians and if you are on the same page with me; then, we must collectively rescue this nation from the hands of these people.”
