₦airaland Forum

One-time Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido yesterday came under scathing criticism from Solid Minerals Minister Dele Alake.

It was over what Alake called Lamido’s incoherent account of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
The former governor had faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s acclaimed role in the crusade to actualize the election, the results of which were annulled by military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

Speaking on a national television on the saga, Lamido claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was part of the people who supported the annulment of the election.

According to him, Tinubu’s mother, the late Alhaja Abibat Mogaji organised market women from Lagos, to come to Abuja and show support for the then Head of State.

Lamido also claimed that the National Democractic Coalition (NADECO) was formed to fight for the late Gen. Sani Abacha and not June 12.

But Alake berated Lamido, who was the secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), accusing him of teaming up with others to trade off the election won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.


Featuring on a national television last night, described Lamido’s claims as tissues of lies from the pit of hell.

He said Tinubu gave everything he had towards the reclaiming of Abiola’s mandate.

“I feel very appalled at his own submissions, which I’ll ascribe largely to amnesia or at the very worst, an impairment of oblongata or memory loss in layman’s terms.

“Sule Lamido himself was the guilty party to the annulment of that June 12, 1999 election.

“Sule Lamido did not know so many things. He was Secretary of the SDP. Prior to this time, he was posturing as a leftist. The late Tony Anenih was the chairman.

“Unknown to Lamido, Tinubu played a major role in the emergence of MKO as a candidate well before the election.

“There were two factions that formed the nucleus of the SDP.

“One, the Peoples’ Front was led by the late Gen. Musa Yar’Adua, the second, the Peoples Social Party (PSP) was led by the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the late Adekunle Ajasin etc.

“These two caucuses formed the SDP. Tinubu belonged to the Yar’Adua faction. But on the formation of SDP, it became one party.

“The groundswell for MKO to become the candidate of the party at the Jos Convention was overwhelming.

“There was a stalemate. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar also ran as an aspirant in SDP since 1993. Atiku has been at the game since then. Babagana Kingibe ran.

“There was a stalemate in the first ballot between Kingibe and MKO. Then, there was horse trading to get Atiku to drop his ambition and align with the MKO group.

“This same Tinubu was one of the key people that led the negotiations to persuade Atiku to drop his own aspiration and align with MKO. This eventually happened.

“When the second ballot was conducted, it was obvious that MKO coasted home to victory. While that election was going, myself, Tunji Bello, Segun Babatope, were drafting MKO’s speech, which he read.

“After negotiations, the Yar’Adua faction had the upper hand and that was why Lamido became the secretary of the party.

“Then, the campaign for the election began. And Tinubu threw everything he had at it. So, it is totally false to say Tinubu only became popular after the annulment of June 12.

Alake faulted Lamido’s claim that Tinubu supported the cancellation of the election was an attempt to the former Jigawa State governor to cover up his evil deeds.

The minister said: “That is totally false and revisionism; it is an attempt for Lamido to cover his pernicious role in supporting that critical sacred mandate given to MKO.

“Lamido and SDP chairman sold out MKO’s mandate by accepting the National Interim Government (NIG).”

The explained that the late Alhaja Magaji went to plead with the late Abacha to restore MKO’s mandate.

Aside from actively supporting MKO Abiola and being one of those that convinced Atiku Abubakar to step down for him, he stated that even when he was behind bars, Tinubu was still funding the movement against the military.

“Tinubu was one of the funders and one of the organisers, one of the planners of all the protests, July 23, 24, 25 of 1993 against the annulment. This was way before Abacha. Abacha did not come until November 17, 1993,’’ Alake maintained.

He highlighted various instances to show that there was no truth in Lamido’s narrative, stating that it was Tinubu, for instance, that escorted MKO to go and see Abacha to negotiate how Abacha would relinquish office and hand over back to MKO.

“If Tinubu was working for Abacha, how would he be doing that? How would he be confronting Abacha frontally that he was in detention. And in fact, there was a time they issued a directive that he must be found, he must be brought in dead or alive.

“It was at that point he had to leave through the famous NADECO route. The Abacha goons were all over looking for him. And I remember that. So that was the reason that he left. So he didn’t run away,” Alake stated in his defence of the President.

Thrasher2024:
Vultures and backstabbing betrayers coming to expose themselves, just they way IBB denied his involvement with Abacha. Only MKO can really say what happened, unfortunately the dead can’t speak

TimeManager:
If it was true, MKO's children would not have accepted working in Tinubu's Government. When they obviously distanced themselves from OBJ. Tells you they know the primary roles Asiwaju played in fighting for the mandate of their late father.

-Kiss the truth!

TimeManager:
https://thenationonlineng.net/how-lamido-traded-off-abiolas-mandate-by-alake/

AMINDA:
Why has Tinubu been hellbent on making June 12 about himself and cronies instead of about MKO Abiola? Buhari has done more to immortalise Abiola than Tinubu himself. On the first June 12 of Tinubu's tenure, he seized the opportunity to unveil the largest portrait on earth at Eagle Square. It was a portrait of himself! He has since continued in that trajectory of self-immortalization by renaming every new and existing National Monument after himself.

In the second year, he cancelled Presidential live broadcast in favor of addressing a joint session of the Senate. Instead of speaking about democracy, he used the opportunity to gloat about party politics and how happy he was to see all opposition in disarray. The megalomania is disgusting and it doesn't portray the behaviour of someone who truly fought for democracy as peddled.

Bobloco:
Of course, Tinubu played the role of a betrayer as told by kola Abiola

TimeManager:
It's so funny how vultures and hyenas are coming all out to concoct all kinds of lies and propaganda just for the aim of grabbing power. Does Sule Lamido expect President Tinubu to announce his name among the heros of Democracy and confer on him an award following his ignoble role during June 12 annulment?. That would amount to pissing on the graves of the heros of Democracy. Does Lamido think history can be revised or rewritten?, unfortunately, he will have to live and die with the memories of his actions dinning with the devil.

It is funny how opposition are saying all sorts thinking that's the only way to curry public sympathy for votes. It's funny hearing Obi say Nigeria economy is crumbling yet Fidelity Bank which he owns 10% equity is declaring humongous amount of billions, Obi as we speak is one of the largest single importer of consumer goods in Nigeria yet he claims the economy is crumbling. In another instances, he claimed democracy is dead yet he criticizes everything and goes scot free, the kind of statements he can never utter in Niger Republic or Burkina Faso and get away with it.

Ameachi says he is hungry after 24 years in the corridor of power but he is presently collecting retirement benefits as an ex speaker and former Governor, even being a former minister, he still enjoys certain privileges than an average Nigerian.

However, one surest thing is the FACT that all the gang ups, coalition and frivolities cannot stop Asiwaju as the annoited man. He has been there before, seen it, done it. All these are nothing but child's play. There's a popular saying that Tinubu no be GEJ, let that sink in.



-Kiss the truth!

TimeManager:
If it was true, MKO's children would not have accepted working in Tinubu's Government. When they obviously distanced themselves from OBJ. Tells you they know the primary roles Asiwaju played in fighting for the mandate of their late father.

-Kiss the truth!