The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said this on Tuesday, in an interview, after a group called National Forum for Lamido 2015, had urged the governor to contest.
The group stated, “We want the governor to contest the 2015 presidential election because of his proven leadership qualities and our belief that he can pilot the ship of Nigeria to a safe destination.”
“We have gone to Jigawa State. We have seen what he has done. Go to Jigawa State, you will see it yourself.
“Jigawa State is the only state you will go in this country and you will get tap water to drink. You don’t need to go and buy pure water,”
“Jonathan had an agreement with the PDP that he is going to spend only one term. He is a gentleman. He should abide by the agreement,” the group also added.
Gulak, responding to the group, said they shouldn’t think the president is afraid of Lamido. Adding that, there was nothing wrong for the governor to test his popularity at the party’s primaries, that it is only at that point that “men will be separated from boys.”
He said Lamido’s ambition had not been hidden from the beginning as shown in the way he and four other northern governors had been carrying on.
Gulak said while the Presidency did not have any problem with the governor’s ambition, it was the way he had been going about it that was of concern.
My question, is the president, really afraid of contesting with Governor Lamido?
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