Former governor of Jigawa State and PDP chieftain in the state , Alhaji Sule Lamido has opened up on why he was arrested and detained by the police.
Lamido, yesterday cried out claiming he is facing persecution because of his ambition to contest for President in 2019.
.The immediate past governor was invited by the men of the Nigeria Police on Sunday and had been detained after honoring the invitation.
Lamido was being quizzed by the men of Nigerian Police yesterday, a situation that forced many of his top-ranking political supporters to swam the police command in Kano to show solidarity with him.
Although top ranking PDP members has condemned the arrest and detention but information made available as at the time of this report claimed there were indications that the police high command was confused on either to press charges against or release him on bail, pending further investigations.
It was gathered that the governor of Jigawa State, who raised a false alarm against Lamido, is nursing fear over his presidential ambition in 2019 and the local government elections in the state slated for July 1 this year
The Chief Press Secretary to Lamido Alhaji Umar Kyari,told newsmen yesterday after visiting Lamido at the Zonal Police headquarters in Kano that “it is rather too late for anyone to stop Lamido from achieving his political ambition come 2019 since the people have already seen that he has what it takes to rule Nigeria and lift it out of the woods”
Meanwhile a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said the real motive for Lamido’s arrest was political.
According to Adeyeye, “The true reason for his arrest, however, has to do with the forthcoming local government elections in Jigawa State. The long incarceration of former Governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam is also linked to the forthcoming local government elections in Benue State. “The APC-led administration is fast losing the confidence of the people because of its non-performance, high handedness and lack of empathy for the suffering of the people”
“The only option left for it is to prevent the opposition from effectively campaigning and mobilizing the people for the elections. The whole strategy of the failed APC government is founded on the assumption that if there is no opposition, then they cannot be defeated”
