Sule Lamido: Buhari Leads a Visionless, Directionless Govt. •Says APC an evil virus that must be neutralised

Former Governor of Jigawa State and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, Thursday took a swipe at the current All Progressives Congress (APC) administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as visionless and directionless.

Lamido, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, to solicit for support from members of his party towards his presidential ambition, also questioned the competence of President Buhari to govern the country, arguing that it is now doubtful if he (Buhari) is really in charge of Nigeria.

He said the 16 years of the PDP government which the current administration is trying hard to demonise were far better than the current government, which he argued is enmeshed in sleaze, far worse than what took place in the PDP years.

According to him, “They said in 16 years of PDP it was only corruption, stealing and killing. Today, we have a party of angels led by President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Saint! It’s up to us to reflect on this.

“It’s a two-page history. You can be the judge. Are we healthier now? Are we more united, richer and secure? Therefore, the APC is a virus of evil. It will destroy Nigeria. It’s an angry party set up to demonise and blackmail us using religion.

“Today, the APC is a party of liars from top to bottom. Nigeria is under siege. If a government has no focus; a government doesn’t know who is in charge, whether it’s Buhari or his Chief of Staff, we don’t know. Then where are we heading?”

He also took on the president on the killings in the country, maintaining that if he indeed knows who the killers are, he should apprehend and prosecute them.

Lamido said: “Buhari said he knows the people who are killing and causing crisis everywhere, yet he can’t arrest them. His first job is to preserve lives. The Inspector-General of Police (IG) yesterday went and blocked the house of the Senate president for 10 hours, his house was under siege, but the IG said he wasn’t aware.

“Who is in charge? Buhari doesn’t know, the IG doesn’t know, maybe it is Sule Lamido. This is a government without vision, no focus, incompetent, divisive and evil. Nigeria belongs to all of us. Today, you see the impunity in government.

“The level of theft in NNPC is unheard of. They loot and raid and suck us like leeches. I didn’t come to beg, I came to demand. Nigeria can only be saved by PDP. Only PDP has the capacity, and ahead of us is a big task.

“Go to Zamfara State, brothers killing brothers. We are killing one another in Sokoto, Zamfara, Taraba, Benue States.

As a party which shares a common view, we must save Nigeria. This task is for all of us,” he said.

In his comments, The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriaki Dickson, extolled Lamido, who was later received by a large crowd of party faithful at the party secretariat, for his steadfastness and speaking up against evil at all times.

“We appreciate your courage and steadfastness as it was the right thing to do. We call on you, your co-contestants and all our leaders to join hands together to rescue this country,” the governor said.

Dickson promised to collaborate and support the party to produce the best and most acceptable candidate for the next presidential election.

He called on Nigerians to have confidence in the PDP and urged those who left the party to come back in the onerous task of saving the country from the APC-led government.