Arewa Progressives Front (APF), a socio-cultural group
in the North, has condemned a statement attributed to former Jigawa State
Governor Mallam Sule Lamido suggesting that former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan may no longer be a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),
calling it cheap posturing, mischievous, and self-serving.
The APF, in a statement issued by Mohammed Umar, the
group's national coordinator, lambasted Lamido for continually making
derogatory statements about Dr. Jonathan with the purpose of smearing the
former president's hard-earned reputation.
"The Arewa Progressives Front (APF) read with
some worry the recent remark ascribed to the former governor of Jigawa State,
Mallam Sule Lamido, in which he questioned the legitimacy of the government of Jigawa
State," the organization stated in a statement published in Abuja.the
membership of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP).
“While one shouldn’t be worried, about the timing of
Mallam Sule Lamido’s concern, we find it imperative to respond, understanding
that this is just another attempt, to blame his sinking fortune in the party
and the trouble he and people like him are causing in the PDP on former
President Jonathan, especially as Lamido and others, are presently engaged in
the battle for the hijack of the soul of the PDP.”
The statement also said: “We are surprised that Mallam
Lamido should arrogate to himself the power of determining who is and who is no
more in the party. As a former governor, he has access to the former president
and could have easily reached out to him if he wasn’t playing his consistent
card of mischief.
“It should be noted, that at a time that people like
Mallam Sule Lamido, were evasive during the challenging days of the PDP, not
only was President Goodluck Jonathan available to save the soul of the party,
he also provided leadership, even to the detriment of his personal ambition, to
remain as Nigeria’s president.”
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APF further described former Governor Sule Lamido
statement as “another cheap attempt, at calling out President Jonathan, for no
obvious reason other than to divert attention from the rumbles within the PDP,
orchestrated by the mischief and selfishness of people like him.”
It noted that even as President of Nigeria and the
then leader of the PDP, Mallam Lamido has “always been negative, consistently
negative, about Dr Goodluck Jonathan.”
The group recalled that lamido had in 2019
“deceitfully and maliciously accused former President Jonathan of complicity in
the Malabu oil case, even when the former president was neither linked nor
indicted by any law-enforcement body across all the countries that investigated
the saga.”
It stated further: “It was in the same light that he
mischievously accused former President Jonathan of helping the All Progressives
Congress (APC) to win the last gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, the
result of which was later overturned by the Supreme Court in favour of PDP.
“Meanwhile, Lamido served as governor of Jigawa State for two terms on the
platform of the PDP, but handed over to an APC governor because he could not
secure victory for PDP, even as a sitting governor.”
APF further advised Nigerians to ignore the former
governor’s comments on Jonathan, stressing that “it was not made out of love
for his party or country but simply mischievous and self-serving.
“Dr Goodluck Jonathan has continued to do his best to
protect and strengthen democracy and promote peace in Nigeria and beyond. He
deserves all the accolades that he has received from both Nigerians and the
international community for this and not petty condemnation from Sule Lamido,
and his ilk. We are not unaware that certain persons and interest groups may
not be happy that his profile has further risen, but they do Nigeria gross
disservice when they act so unpatriotically.
“Finally, we want to appeal to the public to be wary of such reckless tactics now on display, which form the substance of an odd, malicious campaign targeted at Dr Goodluck Jonathan.”
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