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Former Jigawa State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Sule Lamido, has dismissed a call by ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, urging opposition leaders to join the Social Democratic Party.

El-Rufai, who recently announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the SDP, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa.

While he did not mention Lamido by name, he invited key opposition figures, including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola, to join him in the SDP.

Responding in a separate BBC Hausa interview on Sunday, Lamido dismissed the invitation as an insult, insisting that the PDP, which he helped build, laid the foundation for El-Rufai’s political career.

“The party we formed, the PDP, is the one that gave birth to El-Rufai.

“You’re not enough to make us leave the PDP,” Lamido said.

He added, “He once said that there are no adults in Nigeria in politics, but now he is calling on us to join him in the SDP.”

The former governor also questioned El-Rufai’s motives for defecting from the APC to the SDP.

“He said he told President Buhari about his decision to leave the APC, but now he is saying that he is one of the adults in Nigerian politics,” Lamido stated.

The former governor argued that the PDP had not done anything to warrant his defection, emphasizing his long-standing loyalty.

“If I was going to leave the PDP, I would have done so in 2014 when the APC was formed,” he said.

The former governor also criticised El-Rufai’s leadership style, saying that leadership is not about anger or selfish ambition.

“Leadership is done with patience and vision, and doing things for the peace of the followers and the country as a whole,” Lamido said.

Lamido advised El-Rufai to put patriotism first instead of showing anger towards others, saying, “What should be done is to put patriotism first, instead of showing anger towards someone.”

He added, “The PDP has been working to rebuild its strength after losing the 2015 presidential election.”

Source: https://punchng.com/ex-gov-lamido-rejects-el-rufais-call-on-opposition-leaders-to-join-sdp/

El Rufai is a treacherous human so I understand Lamido's decision.

Lol El Rufai of all people that genocide man.

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Former Jigawa State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Sule Lamido, has dismissed a call by ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, urging opposition leaders to join the Social Democratic Party.


He added, “The PDP has been working to rebuild its strength after losing the 2015 presidential election.”[/b]

Source: https://punchng.com/ex-gov-lamido-rejects-el-rufais-call-on-opposition-leaders-to-join-sdp/

na who no KNOW midget go Follow FC

All is efforts in fruitless

Only obidients are following him Luke zombie

Well said. El rufai is after his stomach

Wise men no say na HELL ..Hell Rufai dey drag them to ... Don't follow the mob e get why

Merger is coming…..

Agbadorians are scared!!
El rufai keep tapping...
Separate the political sailors from the agbadorian swimmers.

As expected.

Ikaeniyan0:
Only obidients are following him Luke zombie

Those are like headless chickens, they will follow anything and anyone who is against Tinubu.
El Rufai whom they hated so much is now their darling, Reno whom they used to worship while licking his stinking ass is now their number one enemy for exposing their Agulu packaged fraudster as an incompetent conman.

Na loser dey follow loser.

Only IPOB terrorists who stands for nothing now rate hell rufai!

Although I am not a PDP apologist. LAMIDO is one of the politicians I respect so much.He has never decamped from PDP since 1999!


If Nigerians get sense,the first red flag about any politician should be history of party shopping,Marger is allowed,but decamping na big prostitution

The Small Devil 😈 of Kaduna politics

This man must be in Wike's camp.

The ministerial rejection really pain El-Rufai

Gandollar:
This man must be in Wike's camp.

Obviously u know nothing about Lamido!

If at this point, you think anyone is fighting for the good of the masses in this country, then you've got another thing coming.
Greedy theives!

Okay

"Leadership is done with patience and vision, and doing things for the peace of the followers and the country as a whole.” (Sule Lamido, 2025).

"What should be done is to put patriotism first, instead of showing anger towards someone.” (Sule Lamido, 2025).

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There are many Northern politicians who want a new President in 2027, but would rather stick with the current President than see Mr El Rufai anywhere near the corridors of power.

Mr Rufai has many powerful enemies in the North.

Ajegbodo

Rebelutionary:
Obviously u know nothing about Lamido!

Oh I actually do.

Is he not the one him and his son carted away billions of tax payers money into private pockets?

which sensible politician will go and join Elrufai in SDP. Elrufai wey no get political capital,
Nobody wants to associate with the midget, on top of the fact that he has no significant political value, he will still fight you, u cant confide in him. Whatever u tell him today will be used by him against you tomorrow. We are happy he is petty and will reveal dirty details about APC and Tinubu But every sensible politician wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole
if elrufai became an opposition to obasanjo, atiku, tinubu, uba sanni - what is so special about u that u think he will not turn against u. he is just a northern version of Wike, d only difference he is not a drunkard

This is one of the "Most" Principled PDP leaders alive, even his colleagues attest to that fact.

Voters gravitate towards people who are principled.

However, I will never dispel the cleverness of people like Mallam Nasir El-rufai.

Jesutega Onakpasa in the last two interviews he had with Arise TV mentioned El-rufai and "some others" plotting to displace PBAT.

Joe Igbokwe was also condemned by some APC members for calling Mallam Nasir El-rufai as a very "intelligent politician" .

The question is that there has been a deliberate and orchestrated attack on El-rufai since he decamped.

El-rufai is fronting a bigger dissent of a large Northern Sentiment.

He decamped early to build a decoy consensus ahead of 2027.

Ikaeniyan0:
Only obidients are following him Luke zombie

Hahaha, wetin Obi, APGA, Ojukwu Bianca LP and Obidients Do you, Haha 😅

Naturalgbola:
God1000 =Great 100000. Batstards with unlimited Monica's full nairaland. On the normal basics, nairaland members no go pass 1milla, every Nairalanders has at least,20 extra accounts.

So u get up to 20 monikers too? Moniker don turn food.