A former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has implored ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to reflect deeply about his time as president before joining All Progressives Congress, APC.
There have been widespread speculation about planned defection of Jonathan from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The speculation has been greeted with mixed reaction. Some warned him against joining the APC as it will erode the goodwill and heroic character most Nigerians have attributed to him, while others believe he’s free to do as he pleases.
However, Lamido, a PDP chieftain, cautioned Jonathan against defecting to APC because the opposition party invested a lot in him.
He said Jonathan could incur the wrath of God if he joins APC, adding that PDP made him everything he’s today
Lamido said the former President should consider the persecution and victimisation of PDP members who stood by him during the 2015 campaign before opting to defect to APC.
“That means all they went through, the pain, the humiliation, for supporting Jonathan in 2014 was nothing. Even Jega (then-INEC Chairman) was not left out. We went through hell in 2014, all for Jonathan. He called me during the election in Jigawa. I said “sir”, he said “I hope you are safe”. I said “don’t worry sir. We are home and dry”. He said “thank God”.
“I knew the kind of humiliation he went through. How he lost the election through blackmail, threat and division between tribes and Christians and Muslims. I met him in the Presidential Villa four days after Buhari won the (2014) election. What I told him in the Villa is for another day. I won’t say that now. He should remember what I told him. He should take all this into consideration. Is this the way he wants to reward PDP? Is this way he is going to reward PDP for inventing him? Minus PDP, who will ever know anybody called Jonathan? Today, he is an international person, being called upon by the world to perform functions for the world.
“How did he get that kind of status? It is from PDP. Now, he is said to be going to APC because of greed, to destroy all this history of his? God will not allow him. If he goes, God will defend PDP.
“If he goes, he will meet the wrath of God. I urge him not to do it. The people courting him now are liars. They lied to get to the government. I urge him in the name of God, the very God that made him from nothing, to think about PDP which made him from nothing. He should please reconsider,” he told Vanguard.