Jonathan: Lamido Labels APC Chieftains Hypocrites |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

For months now, former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has been hitting the President Muhammadu Buhari administration from all Cylinders, including his Party, All Progressives Congress, APC.

Lamido, who recently prophesied that the APC will crumble like a pack of cards before the 2023 Elections, has again labeled the Party Chieftains as hypocrites.

Lamido was reacting to speculations that the APC is trying to lure the former President to join its fold and contest for the 2023 Election on the platform of the APC.

For that, he labelled APC Chieftains nursing such ambition as hypocrites.

It was reported that some APC Governors, led by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, held a secret meeting with the former president in Abuja in November on their proposal for the  former President to join the APC family. However, sources close to Jonathan strongly  deny any such meeting or proposal.

Jonathan, who lost the presidential election to Buhari in 2015, is still qualified to run having  spent one term in office.

Speaking on Arise Television on Wednesday, Lamido wondered why the Governors  are thinking of presenting Jonathan who they had described as “weak and clueless”.

He said: “To me, I think that they are being merely hypocrites.

“They, the APC Governors , are looking for him. Is it because there are no presidential materials in the APC? This is one of the heights of hypocrisy.”

Lamido said Nigeria deserves to have a President  who would represent the whole country without any bias to religion or ethnicity.

The former Governor  said under APC, Nigeria has been divided with hate and riddled with insecurity.

“The years of the APC has brought hatred among Nigerians, a divided Nigeria full of insecurity with a culture of hate. What the APC says in the north is different from what it says in the South. APC is a party of double talk.

“Before the APC, Nigerians were united, but look at what it has done to a once united country. Before the APC, Nigerians were living in brotherly and sisterly lifestyle. Look at the level of insecurity now, look at the hatred in the country.”

He added that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his party, left a legacy of hope, growth and development.