Don’t Fight Tinubu Because You’re Angry Or Seeking Revenge – Lamido To El–Rufai

Don’t Fight Tinubu Because You’re Angry Or Seeking Revenge – Lamido To El–Rufai

Sule Lamido to El-Rufai: Don’t combat Tinubu due to the fact you’re irritated or in search of revenge.

Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa state, says the decision via way of means of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, to united states President Bola Tinubu in 2027 must now no longer be primarily based totally on non-public grievances however on country wide interest.

El-Rufai moved to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on March 10 over what he defined as a divergence in values with the ruling celebration .

He eventually appealed to competition leaders, such as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, ex-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to sign up for the SDP.

Reacting throughout an interview with BBC Hausa, Lamido stated management must be approximately prioritising the nation’s welfare over non-public feelings .

“Leadership is set patience, foresight, and operating for the peace of the human beings and the nation. If you permit feelings to dictate your decisions, you may in no way lead objectively,” Lamido stated .

“If El-Rufai’s aim is to united states President Bola Tinubu, it must now no longer be primarily based totally on non-public grievances however on country wide interest.

“We must now no longer combat Tinubu simply due to the fact we’re irritated at him or in search of revenge.

“Leadership must be approximately prioritizing the country’s health in preference to non-public feelings .”

Lamido mentioned that el-Rufai as soon as stated there had been no political elders in northern Nigeria, including that the previous Kaduna governor additionally overlooked the position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his political career.

“The celebration we formed, the PDP, is the only that gave beginning to El-Rufai,” Lamido stated .

“You’re now no longer sufficient to make us go away the PDP.

“He as soon as stated that there aren’t anyt any elders in northern Nigerian politics, however now he is asking on us to sign up for him withinside the SDP.

“He stated he advised President Buhari approximately his choice to depart the APC, however now he’s pronouncing that he’s one of the elders in Nigerian politics.”

Lamido stated if he had any goal of leaving the PDP, he might have carried out so while APC changed into formed.

“If I changed into going to depart the PDP, I might have carried out so in 2014 while the APC changed into formed,” he added.