Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has said it is unexceptsble the situation where northerners who do not support the ambition of Muhammadu Buhari are being intimidated.
Lamido said that the situation, which he described as siege mentality, does not augur well for the polity and the spirit of unity craved for the country.
The governor expressed displeasure with the development, saying that the type of siege mentality being inflicted on the people was the beginning of the failure of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, at the polls.
“The fear of Buhari is the beginning of leadership failure; therefore Nigerians and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government must stand up to its mandate,” he said.
Lamido, who spoke during the party’s presidential campaign in the state, however, warned that the siege mentality under which the people were currently experiencing in the north because of Buhari would backfire.
According to Lamido, any northerner who is not supporting Buhari was being threatened an seen as an infidel.
The governor said, however, he is not perturbed by the intimidation or name callings because of his support for PDP because he was a democrat and would continue to promote the truth.
He described Buhari as the only individual decorating the APC as a party.
Lamido said the greatest mistake Nigerians would make “is to give their mandate to an individual who does not believe in democracy.”
He then faulted the APC for lack of political ideology just as he observed that the party did not have a strong team that can liberate Nigeria from its current political and economic problems.
“If you remove Gen. Buhari from APC, most of other members that rally behind him in the party lack sincere commitment and focus that Nigeria requires at this present time,” he added.
