Sule Lamido, the former governor of Jigawa State, has denied being the basis for Peter Obi’s choice to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in favor of the Labour Party (LP).
This comes after Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike claimed Obi abandoned the PDP after meeting with Lamido.
Wike announced on Friday that Obi had resigned from the main opposition after Lamido reaffirmed that power will remain in the north in 2023.
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He said, “You know what he (Lamido) told Obi? He didn’t tell him that look, you came late and I have chosen somebody. He said it is the north that will produce the next president. That was how Obi left saying why is he wasting time. Ask him, that’s how he left PDP.”
In response to Wike’s claim, Lamido stated that Doyin Okupe and Obi can testify that Wike’s assertion is false.
This was revealed by the former governor in a Facebook post on Saturday.
He said, “My good friend Chike Okonkwo sent me a WhatsApp message to the effect that Wike said Peter Obi left PDP because when he visited me in my village I told him (Peter) that the Presidency Is for the North!
“I will deny Wike the chance to get me entangled in his desire to be visible and relevant. Suffice it to say that Peter visited me along with my friend Doyin Okupe and they are both alive to attest to the veracity of this claim.”
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