•Sule Lamido
As stated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) there are plots by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pressure Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido to attack its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.
The APC presidential campaign spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the attack which has the consent of both President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo, will portray the APC candidate as a weakling and a figure head should APC take over the government. Garba Shehu said the attack which is expected to be broadcast live on state-owned radio stations and its affiliates will recreate the Buhari/Idiagbon military era where Idiagbon as second in command was the defacto leader.
He said: "This situation he will claim is unfair to the North as the South-West will be indirectly getting another term of office as president in addition to the Obasanjo years, so Northerners should not be deceived into voting APC.
"A few things we will like to point to Governor Lamido's audience members include: Lamido had been pressured to do the interview because of the EFCC pressure on his sons' corruption charges.
"Lamido has never worked near or with GMB to know his leadership style. Those working closely with him in the APC know otherwise. When did Lamido become a spokesman for the North? What did he and other Jonathan's apologists negotiate for the North as the South West has been doing with Jonathan in the last two weeks?
"Of the millions of the United States Dollars that Mr. Jonathan has allegedly been sharing to traditional and religious leaders in the South West, how much of it did Lamido negotiate and obtain on behalf of the Northern traditional and religious leaders? As a self appointed Northern interest spokesman, what is his response to the pejorative references made by Mrs. Patience Jonathan about Northerners?"