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Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has rejected call by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, for him [Lamido] to step down for him as the 2019 Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] presidential aspirant.
Citing his reason for the rejection, Lamido said that he is Atiku’s senior, therefore, should not be the one stepping down for the other, according to Premium Times.
Atiku had pleaded with the former Jigawa State governor to step down for him in the party’s presidential primary.
The former vice president made the plea yesterday at the Jigawa State PDP secretariat where he went to seek support ahead of the primaries.
Atiku had also visited the former governor in his Bamaina country home, saying his visit was to seek Lamido’s support.
He explained that he “did not go to Jigawa to campaign but to visit PDP members and his junior brother Sule Lamido”.
Atiku related the incident with what happened in 1993 election under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Katsina State where two brothers – Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua were contesting.
Recalling that the latter stepped down for the former, he said that elders told Shehu Musa Yar’Adua that there was no way they could support him as president and support his brother as the governor.
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“Junior brother cannot contest against his senior brother. The junior brother instantly stepped down for his brother due to his loyalty,” he said.
Atiku explained that the country needs repairs because of what he called a system failure around all sectors, including security and economy.
“The government inherited an economy growing at about 7% and crashed it to recession in its first year and currently going below 2%,” Atiku noted.
“Most of the parts of this country are currently feeling excluded” Atiku added.
In summary, Atiku stated categorically that the ruling APC administration is a failure and disappointment and advised Nigerians to vote the party out next year.
