- Former Governor of
Jigawa state, Sule Lamido has declared intention to seek PDP’s ticket in
2019
- Governor Fayose of Ekiti had recently declared his ambition to become
the party’s candidate in 2019
- But Lamido said that PDP must rekindle in Nigeria a new hope, a nation
of united people with a common and assured destiny
Sule Lamido, the former Governor of Jigawa state has written to members
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) informing them of his decision to
fly the party's flag in the next presidential election.
Daily Trust reports that Lamido in a letter to all PDP members across
the country said all the party needs to reposition the country is to
take over power in 2019 and bring it back to its path of recovery.
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NAIJ.com gathered that Lamido in a statement issued by his media aide,
Umar Kyari, lamented that the nation has departed from the dreams of its
founding fathers.
"Today, 57 years after the independence of our dear country, can we in
all sincerity claim to have achieved the dream of our founding fathers?
Where did we fail and from where did we begin to fail?
“Nigeria with its natural endowment and human capacity cannot be
forgiven for being otherwise. We cannot even demonstrate our ability and
capacity to meet domestic, regional and global challenges which
currently seems to overwhelm us."
"The PDP will and must lead the nation back into a bright, progressive,
and innovative future," Lamido's letter reads.
He said the PDP must rekindle in Nigeria a new hope, a nation of united
people with a common and assured destiny.
"To the world, Nigeria must demonstrate our confidence, tenacity in our
ability and capability to address our domestic regional and global
challenges that confront us.
It is against this background that I offer myself to vie for the office
of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019 if my party
finds me worthy to fly its flag." The letter reads.
Lamido noted that the PDP have enough talents to salvage the nations
from its current woes.
"I am no means claiming to be the only capable material, any PDP member
given the trust and support can fly our flag, and I expect many more
aspirants will express the desire to run. My hope and prayer is that at
the end of all the process which I hope will be open, fair transparent
and credible is to give Nigeria in 2019 candidate who will lead the
party and Nigeria.
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“This is because there is no alternative to PDP in 2019, it will be a
defining moment in the Nigerian political evolution," Lamido said in the
letter.
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