PDP presidential aspirant alleges Nigeria is being ruled by men who lack ideas

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- Alhaji Sule Lamido blasts the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for poor performance over the past three years

- The former governor of Jigawa state alleged that the country has been hijacked by men who lack ideas

- He said the ruling party had wasted more than N20tn in three years and had nothing to show for it

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Wednesday, March 7 in Calabar, alleged that Nigeria has been hijacked and is being ruled by men who lack ideas, Daily Trust reports.

NAIJ.com gathered that Lamido stated this when he paid a consultative visit to Governor Ben Ayade on his presidential aspiration.

The former governor of Jigawa state said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was only implementing what the former ruling party, the PDP, drew.

“In 1999 we won, we had stable economy, stable development but along the line, some people who said they are more Nigerians than others came around and formed All Progressives Congress (APC).”

“The formation of APC was not based on genuine concern for Nigeria. It was based on lust for power and also to harass Nigerians.

“APC was elected by defaults, blackmail and threat. APC was fraudulent”, he alleged, adding that in the North, “we were seen as infidel. Three years of APC governance, we have not only had Boko Haram problem but hunger Haram, harassment and killing.

“We also had recession. We had more killings in Hausa communities, Benue, Rivers, Zamfara and others under APC government,” he said.

On economy, Lamido said for 16 years PDP incurred debt of N9 trillion but in the three years of APC they incurred N20 trillion.

“For 16 years, we incurred debt of N9 trillion but in the three years of APC they incurred N20 trillion.

“This country belongs to all of us, but today Nigeria is sick, Nigeria has been hijacked, Nigeria is ruled with fear, intimidation and blackmail, if you talk, they go after you.

“But thank God, today we are all willing to run away from this kind of governance. I am here to share with you this common concern.

“Are we more united, more serious and are we more prosperous? Are we happier? We are not, that is the simple truth, the trust we have among ourselves is gone.

“APC lacks the capacity to govern Nigeria, there is killing all over, we have to wake up because we are having global embarrassment.

“Today, we have killing, nepotism, high handedness, corruption, so if this trend continues into 2019 and APC remain beyond that, this country will seize to exist,” he said.

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NAIJ.com previously reported that Alhaji Sule Lamido, while receiving over 5,000 members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who decamped to PDP has vowed to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 general election if he gets the presidential ticket of his party.

The ex-governor said this on February 17, at a political rally while commissioning his campaign office in his home local government Birninkudu of the state.

Describing his ambition as a miracle, Lamido dared anyone in power from the president downward to attempt at preventing the will of God, Independent reports.

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