A
former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has lashed out at the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the party has failed Nigerians
woefully.
Lamido
claims the APC failed because it is a two-man political party, manned by
persons with the same dearth of ideologies and built around Senator Bola Tinubu
and President Muhammadu Buhari.
The
former governor said the Peoples Democratic Party did better and lasted for
those years because it was built by the people and for the people.
Lamido
who spoke on Sunday in Dutse, Jigawa State after the successful conduct of the
PDP state congress said the APC being built around only two people was the
reason for the failure of the Buhari led administration in almost all facets.
Meanwhile,
the PDP state congress which took place on Sunday may have put to rest the
lingering crises between the Sule Lamido led faction of the party and that of
the Aminu Ibrahim Ringim led group.
Recall
that the State Congress had exploded in crisis when a faction led by the former
candidate of the party Aminu Ibrahim Ringim went to court to challenge the Sule
Lamido led faction with a court injunction preventing his faction from
continuing with the party’s local government congress.
However,
a High court sitting in Dutse presided over by Justice Musa Ubale had rescinded
its earlier order restricting the Sule Lamido led faction from conducting the
local government and state congress elections.
In
a fresh court order, Justice Musa Ubale struck out the case and ordered the
faction of the defendants, Lamido, to go ahead and conduct the party
congresses.
The
court order had said ”the matter dealt with the congress of the 1st defendant
to choose or elect its leadership in the ward, local government and state
levels in Jigawa which is purely an intra-party dispute and thereafter not
Justiciable”, it stated.
Lamido
while speaking to the media said at the congress maintained that “the PDP is
the only party which has that kind of capacity to lead Nigeria and Jigawa State
because it is a party that is owned by the people, not a party that is built around
one personality.
“In
APC there are only two persons, It is only Buhari and Tinubu then after Buhari
and Tinubu, they have nothing but in PDP wherever you go, you see PDP family, a
party which is owned by the people, whoever leads the party will know he has to
serve the people.
“I
have produced so many leaders, Presidents, Governors, Parliamentarians,
ministers, commissioners including contractors. “Remove the PDP virtue in
Nigerian history there would be no Nigeria because PDP is Nigerian History.
“Today,
Nigeria like America is going through some turbulence; insecurity, poverty,
division, hate and what have you.
“We
can not have a country where there is no mutual trust because in the absence of
mutual trust there is no stability. “If there is no stability there would be no
development.
“PDP
has this advantage over every other party in Nigeria because we believe in one
another, we love one another therefore trust is our watchword.
“Mutual
respect, a firm belief in one another. Only PDP can restore Nigeria. The Jigawa
chapter of the PDP is going to be one of the building blocks to restore Nigeria
to what it was 8 years ago, when there was security, stability, fuel, power,
there was infrastructure development, stability, love, mutual respect, there was
everything.”
Lamido
asked the new executives to convey the party’s appreciation to the working
committee and the NEC for taking the pain to go through the court process which
he said has been laid to rest.
The
chairman of the congress electoral Committee, Dr Umar Audu said: “From what we
have seen here from yesterday those who contested the elections of the state
executives of Jigawa State PDP, were unopposed, that is to say, there was a
consensus in the contest and that is the best for democracy.
“But
in conformity with the laws of the country we have allowed candidates to cast
their votes and we inspected each and every ballot box to ensure that each
office is contested for and we have ascertained that.
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