Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and other members of the party rooting for President Bola Tinubu’s reelection.
Lamido made this call on Friday while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“All those erring members, the Wikes, the Ortoms, the Ikpeazus and others who openly campaigned against the PDP in the 2023 elections and who say that they are going to work for the APC in 2027 should be sacked from the party.
“From way back after the primaries of 2022 leading to the elections of 2023 there are people who because of their interest and ambition felt aggrieved about what transpired in the party’s convention.
“And they turned against the party and fought the party. We have been having this kind of problem, the impunity of people castrating the party and denouncing it,” Lamido said.
Against the backdrop of report that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan is being wooed with the PDP presidential ticket for 2027, the former Foreign Affairs minister said Jonathan is the best person to be the party’s candidate.
“I think for PDP now they should try to woo him. He is their best bet. Anybody put forth by the PDP, Nigerians will support him.
“He is most welcome, competent and very qualified. To me, I welcome him into the PDP. I think so far in the PDP, with all respect to all members, I do not see a better alternative than Jonathan if he comes to the PDP.
“I do not see any other person really. If we are giving the presidency to the South, it will be the PDP. Who is there in PDP now that can challenge Jonathan in terms of being in office, being full headed, being somebody who is willing to listen and somebody who is also a key player who believes in partnership,” he remarked.
