Former Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as an unserious party.
According to Lamido, the party was created out of anger, malice, and hatred, and its proponents are driven by personal gain rather than a genuine interest in serving the people.
The former governor stated this in chapter 16, page 421 of his autobiography: “Being True To Myself”, which was unveiled to the public on May 13th.
“I once had cause to explain to some members of the public after the APC was formed, that it was created out of anger, malice, and hatred. It was not and has never been a serious political party; its proponents were only parochial scavengers, who see politics as a huge enterprise.
“In 1999, we had the PDP, AD, and APP as the three major national parties and the AD and APP jointly fielded Olu Falae against PDP’s candidate, Obasanjo, who won the election.
“The AD/APP alliance later dissolved into the ANPP, but they lost the elections; it was these losers that later came together to establish the APC.
“What the APC did was to turn history upside down and promote a so-called ‘Mr. Integrity’ and hoodwinked Nigerians with false tags,” he stated.
Lamido, one of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), revealed that he was shocked when his PDP colleagues joined the APC ahead of the 2015 elections and chose to distance himself from their decision.
He added that he turned down several requests by APC promoters to join their ranks, opting instead to remain in the PDP and be part of the solution to the party’s problems.
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