Sule Lamido Declares He Will Be  President Come 2019 As He Kicks-off Campaign Ahead Of 2019

 

Sule Lamido addressing a crowd in Jigawa State on Saturday. 

While speaking before thousands of his supporters, during a rally at the PDP office in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa state, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Sule Lamido, who kicked off his electioneering campaign, declared that he was confident of becoming Nigeria’s president after the 2019 general elections.

According to PREMIUM Times, the former governor of Jigawa state on Saturday, said “whoever that person may be” in power to try to prevent his emergence as Nigeria’s next president, which he said is the will of God.

 

The influential politician aimed several jibes at President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also expected to seek re-election; by declaring that unlike him, the incumbent president is not an original Fulani. Buhari is from Katsina State in the same North-west geo-political zone as Lamido’s Jigawa State.
“The 2019 presidential election is undoubtedly going to be between an original Fulani man and a fake Fulani man ‎ who was governor and minister at different times,” the aspirant declared to his cheering supporters.

He said although Buhari is a Fulani by birth, he does not speak the language. Speaking in Fulfude to the crowd, he challenged the president to translate some of his remarks; declaring immediately that Buhari could not do it.

He also took a swipe at President Buhari’s record in public offices, saying it could not stand beside his own.

“The difference between myself and Buhari is that although he was one time a governor under the military, he never served the people. He was a minister of petroleum that was not known by many; whereas during my time as Foreign Affairs minister, I was known all over the world; while my track record as former governor of eight years has raised me above Buhari.”

“Under President Buhari, Nigerians have been starved to the extent that they cannot protest against the hike in the prices of essential commodities in the country,” he said.

Lamido then gave a brief history of his political struggle he said dated back to 40 years, through which he said he rose from party youth activist to become a lawmaker, party chieftain and minister before his election as governor of Jigawa State.

The former governor also dismissed as political persecution, his ongoing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged corruption while he was governor.

Lamido alongside two of his sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and two others have been arraigned by the EFCC on a 27-count charge for alleged abuse of office and money laundering.