What I Told Tinubu, Buhari, Fashola When They Asked Me To Join APC – Sule Lamido

Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has berated those who constantly criticise the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Lamido disclosed that top politicians in the All Progressives Congress (APC) once tried to convince him to leave the party, but he refused.

He berated the former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, over his past description of the PDP as an “infidel party.”

NEWSNGR reports that Lamido made the remark while receiving PDP governorship candidates from Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Yobe, and Jigawa states at his residence in Bamaina, Jigawa State, on Saturday.

Reflecting on the PDP’s years in power, Lamido said political opponents and some Islamic preachers repeatedly criticised the party.

“The PDP was labelled corrupt, and some even described it as an ‘infidel party.’ Despite all that, I remained in the party because it gave me the opportunity to serve Nigeria as Minister of Foreign Affairs and twice as Governor of Jigawa State,” he said.

The former governor disclosed that after the 2015 general elections, senior figures in APC, including former President Muhammadu Buhari, President Bola Tinubu and former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, visited him in Dutse to persuade him to join the ruling party.

“I told them I could not abandon the party that made me who I am. Instead, I challenged them to come and join the PDP,” Lamido stated.

He also recalled that Pantami, while serving as Chief Imam of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Jumu’ah Mosque, allegedly delivered sermons in which he prayed against the PDP and referred to it as an “infidel party.”

According to Lamido, Pantami later joined the PDP after failing to secure the APC governorship ticket in Gombe State, a move that generated widespread public debate.