Former Jigawa governor, Sule Lamido, on Friday, said Peter Obi’s endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo was “a big mistake.”

The former president on New Year day publicly endorsed Mr Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for next month’s general election. His decision has since drawn criticisms from his former party, PDP, upon which platform he served between 1999-2007.

Mr Lamido, who served as a foreign affairs minister under Mr Obasanjo’s administration, made the remarks while answering questions from reporters at Bamaina, his country home, near Birnin kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa.

“Obasanjo is my boss, I believe in him, but he is also a human being, he can make mistakes. So he made a mistake.It’s a big mistake for him to endorse a candidate outside his own party which gave him the relevance, the importance, the image globally to become what he is.

“You don’t do that because of the younger generation.Whatever he said, whether power rotation or power shift, whatever it is, people are being a little bit dishonest,” Mr Lamido said.

The former governor said that people failed to understand that when a party honoured them, dignified and made them who they were, they were expected to respect that party.

“So to me, Obasanjo or anybody else, he (Obasanjo), was talking because he was former Nigeria’s President, if he wasn’t, would he talk like this? Whatever he is saying now is because he is a Nigerian former President from PDP.

“So PDP invented and dignified him. So a leader is supposed to be inspiring, motivating and should be able to charter a new course for Nigeria so that his disciples will be able to carry on with that,” he said. 

NothingDoMe:
How many days now and they are still crying

ganisucks:


Yesterday, Tinubu was crying about it. But, according to APC NL, the announcement means nothing.
February is almost here.

We can only continue to play politics of ethnicity, religion, region and money bags at the peril of our country and to self-destruction. We need selfless, courageous, honest, patriotic, in short, outstanding leadership with character and fear of God beyond what we have had in recent past.

None of the contestants is a saint but when one compares their character, antecedent, understanding, knowledge, discipline and vitality that they can bring to bear.The great efforts required to stay focused on the job particularly looking at where the country is today and with the experience on the job that I personally had, Peter Obi as a mentee has an edge.

Others like all of us have what they can contribute to the new dispensation to liberation, restoration and salvaging of Nigeria collectively. One other important point to make about Peter is that he is a needle with thread attached to it from North and South and he may not get lost. In other words, he has people who can pull his ears, if and when necessary. Needless to say that he has a young and able running mate with clean track record of achievement both in public and private life.

Racoon:


https://gazettengr.com/obasanjo-committed-big-blunder-endorsing-peter-obi-sule-lamido/

Racoon:


https://gazettengr.com/obasanjo-committed-big-blunder-endorsing-peter-obi-sule-lamido/

Racoon:


https://gazettengr.com/obasanjo-committed-big-blunder-endorsing-peter-obi-sule-lamido/

JAMO84:
Obasanjo endorsing Obi is a complete waste of time. If Obi can win Obasanjo's ward in Ota, he should be declared the President elect by INEC.