Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido admitted that he betrayed his fellow PDP governors who later decamped to the APC in November 2013.
Lamido revealed this after a closed door meeting with the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Muazu at the party's secretariat, Abuja
The decamped governors consisted of Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Ameachi; Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed; Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wammako; Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwanso; and the impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako.
Originally they were seven when Mr. Lamido and Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida, the governors staged a walk-out from an August 2013 Special National Convention of PDP, alongside other party stalwarts, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former party Secretary, Sam Jaja and former Kwara Governor, Bukola Saraki.
They instead formed the group called the, The New PDP, while thr five governors defected to the opposition APC while Lamido and Babangida, surprisingly, chose to remain in the PDP.
This made Kwankwaso say: “Everyone knows Governor Lamido was part of us, he was the leader of the group. He took us to a certain height before choosing otherwise and we were all surprised by his final decision.
Lamido replied to Kwankwaso’s speech and said: “Yes, I betrayed them. I am a betrayer. Confirmed.” When asked why he betrayed the group, he simply responded, “I align myself with what he (Kwankwanso) said.” Lamido said that his recent visit to Amaechi had nothing to do with politics as they are just still friends. “How would I join APC? If wishes were horses, there won’t be APC,” he said.
Sule Lamido served as Foreign minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor of Jigawa State in April 2007.
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