Lamido accuses PDP governors of blocking his chairmanship bid

Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, has accused governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)platform of obstructing his attempt to contest for the party’s national chairmanship.

In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Lamido claimed that the governors refused to issue him a nomination form and ignored a court order directing the party to allow him to participate in the race.

He said the chairman of the PDP governors’ forum and Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, personally called him to step down, arguing that Lamido would be too independent if elected chairman.

According to Lamido, Bala Mohammed told him:

“My elder brother, you are stronger than us. If we make you chairman, we can’t influence you.”

Lamido said he reminded the governor of the party’s history, insisting that the PDP should not be controlled by a single individual. “When PDP was formed, you were not there. The party with history should not be controlled by one person,” he added.

He also noted that despite obtaining a court order compelling the party to allow him into the contest, the governors refused to comply and instead filed an appeal.

Lamido rejected the leadership that emerged from the recent PDP convention, where Tanimu Turaki was appointed national chairman, describing the process as “null and void.”

The former governor called on senior party figures, including former president Olusegun Obasanjo, to intervene and help reorganize the PDP, stressing that the party must return to its founding values to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy and promote national development.

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