The former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has
indicated interest to run for president in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
In a letter to PDP members, Lamido said the party needed to
reposition to take over power in 2019 and bring it back to its path of
recovery.
His words: “Today, 57 years after the independence of our
dear country, can we in all sincerity claim to have achieved the dream of our founding
fathers? Where did we fail and from where did we begin to fail? Nigeria with
its natural endowment and human capacity cannot be forgiven for being
otherwise. We cannot even demonstrate our ability and capacity to meet
domestic, regional and global challenges, which currently seem to overwhelm us.
“The PDP will and must lead the nation back into a bright,
progressive and innovative future.”
“To the world,
Nigeria must demonstrate our confidence, tenacity in our ability and capability
to address our domestic regional and global challenges that confront us.
It is against this background that I offer myself
to vie for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in
2019, if my party finds me worthy to fly its flag.”
Lamido added: “I am no means claiming to be the only capable
material, any PDP member given the trust and support can fly our flag, and I
expect many more aspirants will express the desire to run. My hope
and prayer is that at the end of all the process which I hope will be open,
fair transparent and credible is to give Nigeria in 2019 candidate who will
lead the party and Nigeria. This is because there is no alternative to
PDP in 2019; it will be a defining moment in the Nigerian political evolution.”
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