Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule
Lamido, says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari cannot
function properly, because the formation of his ruling party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) was based on frustration, bitterness and
divisive politics.
Lamido described APC as a group of
strange bedfellows, adding that it cannot survive one per cent of the
problems the PDP had been through.
“The APC has failed woefully and miserably,” he said yesterday during his visit to Thisday head office in Lagos.
“In the next three years, those being
sheltered, protected and favoured against those who are now being seen
as human things instead of human beings, their activities would be
looked into by another government”, he added.
He insisted that no government was clean
and that after four years in government, Buhari’s government might not
be found to be too clean if probed.
Lamido argued that contrary to the
impression being created by the President, most of the stupendously rich
Nigerians were either retired or serving military officers.
He stated that this explained why most of
the shocking amounts of money stolen during civilian governments were
being linked to serving senior or ex-military officer.
“Yet, we the politicians are the ones
maligned as corrupt. Corruption is not a civilian culture, it is a
culture instituted by the military,” he said.
Lamido maintained that PDP problems were
caused by the then leadership, a situation he recalled led to the exit
of the party’s five governors who joined APC and helped Buhari win the
presidential election.
On why he chose to remain in the PDP, the
former Foreign Affairs Minister replied: “I didn’t leave the PDP
because it was not right to do so. It is like renouncing myself, even if
I want to, I could not.
“The party and the country have dignified me. How do I renounce my history?”
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