The Presidency is worried over the attitude of Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido to the campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan, The PUNCH has learnt.

Lamido, who was said to have been interested in contesting the party’s presidential primary, was among those allegedly forced to forgo their ambition because of the adoption of President Jonathan as the party’s sole candidate.

A lady, Prof. Akasoba Duke-Abiola, who defied the party’s endorsement of Jonathan and paid for its expression of interest form, was denied the form and could not participate in the party’s presidential primary.

Since then, Lamido is being seen as not committed to the Jonathan’s 2015 project.

The governor had at the different occasions complained about the refusal of the President to keep to the promises he made to the people of his state in 2011.

He had also vowed that keeping to such promises would determine if he and the people of the state would vote for Jonathan during the February 14 presidential election.

Though the President and the PDP had named him as the North-West presidential campaign co-ordinator, Lamido was absent when the President inaugurated the campaign committee in Abuja on Tuesday.

Lamido also refused to attend the flag-off of his party’s presidential campaign in Lagos on Thursday.

Apart from that, the PDP governorship candidate in Jigawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Ringim, was also not at the event to collect the party’s flag from the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.

Ringim was the chief of staff to Lamido. He resigned from the position to contest the party’s governorship primary.

A Presidency official said that Lamido only busy campaigning for Ringim as his successor.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “He (Lamido) has not told us why he refused to be at the rallies. Rather, he’s busy campaigning for his candidate.

“Though that is also alright, but we expected him to also identify with the President in the state and the zone, where he is the coordinator.”

A member of the National Working Committee of the PDP, who also spoke on the issue, said that the governor was under watch.

But the National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, defended the governor’s refusal to attend the rallies.

He said the governor had been busy campaigning for the President in his zone, adding that the party had no doubt that the governor would deliver the state and the zone to the PDP.

“We are happy with the governor. We also knew why he and our party’s candidate could not make it to Lagos for the rally. It was because the programme was an impromptu one. It was due to communication gap. But we are saying that he is working for us in the state,” Oladipo said.


http://www.punchng.com/news/lamidos-boycott-of-jonathans-campaign-worries-presidency/

MEND
Lamido
Senator Ida
Ekwueme
Ohanaeze
Obasanjo


To mention a few .......

Nobody wants to associate with a failure and Jonathan is now like Jezebel who everybody is running away from.

What an irony life is, nobody had as much goodwill as this man in 2011 that my family always say he will bring "goodluck"

to the country but now my family doesn't even want to hear his name mentioned near them.

peckhamboi:
MEND
Lamido
Senator Ida
Ekwueme
Ohanaeze
Obasanjo


To mention a few .......

Nobody wants to associate with a failure and Jonathan is now like Jezebel who everybody is running away from.

What an irony life is, nobody had as much goodwill as this man in 2011 that my family always say he will bring "goodluck"

to the country but now my family doesn't even want to hear his name mentioned near them.

Ageg, remove Ohaneze from that your YEYE group.

this time am sure every voters knew what it takes to become a president,he's about to join the CHANGE movement more govn,senetors just to name few,the wind of CHANGE IS HERE AND EVERYONE IS LOOKING FORWAR FOR A NEW LIFE.FeBUHARI....sai NIGERIA sai BUHARI.

hahahahaha laughing in ijaw language mixed with otuoke diction
Nobody want to associate with badluck cum clueless leader.

people eyes don dey open
I wish people eyes don happen like this in 2011
we would ve eject bad luck, stagnancy, misrule and backwardness from our beloved country.

but its nt too late
on Feb 14, go out with that missile called PVC and vote against incompetence and vote for change


BUHARI FOR PRESIDENT

Jonathan's days are numbered so there's nothing to worry about my dear Nigerians. Vote for change come Febuhari
Vote for change
SAI BUhaRI

The PDP have seen the handwriting on the wall thats why they have resorted to diffrent suspicions..

Even the Gej dat said campaign should be issues-based has resorted to character assasination.. cluelessness..!!

APC campaigning and showing their plans, PDP causing havoc.

Anyways.
GMB/OSINBAJO..

Lamido the thief

Hmmm, hope he is not trying to back stab the president and the PDP. They better give him a close watch.

imposition of candidates only breed insubordination. PDP would learn this time in a hard way.

If you want to be successful in life, don't depend on unserious people.
Team fresh air till lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ~~~~~~
GEJ till 201999

Y'all should keep booking spaces.

D battle rages on

Another sign that GEJ is already a failure.

Well, I have bought him fishing net and canoe he will use to continue in Otuoke after FeBuhari 2015. I have also contacted some fish sellers who said they are ready to buy all the fish he will catch.

Welcome to Aso rock GMB.

Not my problem

Someone said Aliyu Babangida and Sule Lamido stayed back in PDP to bring Jonathan down.

Ha!!

Olorun jor oh!!

The man simply stayed away from Badluck.

What will be would be. GEJ should focus on his job and his campaign.

It is well.

#TeamGMB

As the presidential Election approaches remember these factors:
1. The Chibok Girls.
2. NNPC Scam.
3. Police pension fund.
4. Missing $20Billion.
5. $9million Arms deal.
6. Bomb Blasts.
7. Immigration job scam.
8. Petroleum pump price.
9. Dwindling external reserves
10. Oil theft.
11. Incessant Power outage.
12.ASUU & poly Strike.
13. Doctors' Strike.
14. National Assembly tragedy.
15. Stella's Oduah Aviation Scam
16. Kerosene subsidy
17. Near-empty Excess Crude Account

They Didn't Raise 21Billion for Ebola;
They Didn't Raise 21Billion for dilapidated hospitals;
They didn't raise 21Billion for Military Weapons against Boko Haram
They Didn't raise 21Billion for children dying of Vaccine preventable disease
They didn't raise 21Billion for the homeless>:O BUT they all gathered to raise 21Billion for another 4Years of INEPTITUDE. IMPUNITY, MEDIOCRITY AND BAD GOVERNANCE.
~:-) NO WAY!!! NO MORE!!!

everyone knows Jonathan is not a worthy leader ...they just using sentiments to put his blackk ass up as sole candidate... well I want him to win so he can continue his corrupt and clueless govt...we Nigerians hate the truth and he his a nemesis upon us all..

Nothing consign me, sai buhari. Tired of staying In Yankee I need a good leader to fix things for us.

Ajo ko le dabi ile, men.

everyone knows Jonathan is not a worthy leader ...they just using sentiments to put his blackk asss up as sole candidate... well I want him to win so he can continue his corrupt and clueless govt...we Nigerians hate the truth and he is a nemesis upon us all..

Whatever.

FeBuhari 14th, 2015, a date with destiny..

Whether he comes or not Gej will win by any means

This will not stop Buhari from losing as usual.

fr

What about his sons?

na wa o

Better to have an out rite enemy like Amaechi than a Frienemy like Sule Lamido.

GEJ u are really a learner all those Northerners u chose to trust while u illiterate wife set fire in ur backyard will eventually lead to your betrayal & downfall.