Main PageExclusive: Why Governor Lamido Abadoned Jonathan
Indications emerged, weekend, that Governor Sule
Lamido of Jigawa State had openly rejected the re-
election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in
2015.
Although there had been speculations in the past
that Lamido was unhappy with Jonathan over the
way he had been treated by the leadership of the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the
president's unfulfilled promises to the state,
Lamido openly voiced his opposition to
Jonathan's candidacy at a PDP rally in Dutse on
Saturday.
Apparently to send Lamido's message loud and
clear to the Presidency, the event which was held
at the state capital, was transmitted live via a
private television station with national coverage.
Again, to prove his anger against Jonathan, the
organisers of the PDP event deliberately and
carefully avoided displaying the President's
posters throughout the rally.
On the other hand, the campaign posters of the
governorship candidate of the PDP in the state
and those of other contestants for the state
and national elections were conspicuously and
generously displayed.
Besides, rather than await the President to present
the flags to the PDP candidates as is the custom of
the party, the governor went ahead to perform the
event, apparently preventing Jonathan from
performing the political tradition just before
elections.
None of the candidates canvassed for support
for Jonathan throughout the rally, which was
well attended by the members of the party in
the state.
Vanguard learnt from a top source in Dutse on
Sunday that Lamido felt bitter and betrayed
by both Jonathan and the PDP for not doing
any tangible project in Jigawa State after he
had risked his life and those of his family
members to work for Jonathan's victory in
2011.
The source pointed out that the refusal or the
inability of Jonathan to undertake any of the
four key projects, which he openly promised
the people during his 2011 campaign had
pitted the governor against the political
leaders and people of the state.
President Jonathan, it was learnt, had promised to
build a cargo airport in Dutse, rebuild broken
federal roads abandoned in the state for over 20
years, construct a dam at Auyo and build a major
waterworks in the capital, four promises yet to be
fulfilled with less than two months to the next
polls.
It was also revealed out of the N15 billion
spent by state government on the building of
the Duste International Airport, which
Jonathan commissioned on October 21 this
year, the Federal Government had only
chipped in less than a billion.
A top source in the state confided in Vanguard that
Lamido was being portrayed as a traitor by most
of the citizens, who see him as supporting
Jonathan for personal reasons but working against
their interest.
- See more at: http://
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/gov-lamido-
moving-jonathan/#sthash.zVX3XGVu.dpuf
Lamido of Jigawa State had openly rejected the re-
election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in
2015.
Although there had been speculations in the past
that Lamido was unhappy with Jonathan over the
way he had been treated by the leadership of the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the
president's unfulfilled promises to the state,
Lamido openly voiced his opposition to
Jonathan's candidacy at a PDP rally in Dutse on
Saturday.
Apparently to send Lamido's message loud and
clear to the Presidency, the event which was held
at the state capital, was transmitted live via a
private television station with national coverage.
Again, to prove his anger against Jonathan, the
organisers of the PDP event deliberately and
carefully avoided displaying the President's
posters throughout the rally.
On the other hand, the campaign posters of the
governorship candidate of the PDP in the state
and those of other contestants for the state
and national elections were conspicuously and
generously displayed.
Besides, rather than await the President to present
the flags to the PDP candidates as is the custom of
the party, the governor went ahead to perform the
event, apparently preventing Jonathan from
performing the political tradition just before
elections.
None of the candidates canvassed for support
for Jonathan throughout the rally, which was
well attended by the members of the party in
the state.
Vanguard learnt from a top source in Dutse on
Sunday that Lamido felt bitter and betrayed
by both Jonathan and the PDP for not doing
any tangible project in Jigawa State after he
had risked his life and those of his family
members to work for Jonathan's victory in
2011.
The source pointed out that the refusal or the
inability of Jonathan to undertake any of the
four key projects, which he openly promised
the people during his 2011 campaign had
pitted the governor against the political
leaders and people of the state.
President Jonathan, it was learnt, had promised to
build a cargo airport in Dutse, rebuild broken
federal roads abandoned in the state for over 20
years, construct a dam at Auyo and build a major
waterworks in the capital, four promises yet to be
fulfilled with less than two months to the next
polls.
It was also revealed out of the N15 billion
spent by state government on the building of
the Duste International Airport, which
Jonathan commissioned on October 21 this
year, the Federal Government had only
chipped in less than a billion.
A top source in the state confided in Vanguard that
Lamido was being portrayed as a traitor by most
of the citizens, who see him as supporting
Jonathan for personal reasons but working against
their interest.
- See more at: http://
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/gov-lamido-
moving-jonathan/#sthash.zVX3XGVu.dpuf
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