‘Not a Serious Party’ – Lamido Slams APC

Former Jigawa State Governor and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has criticized the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “not a serious political party.”

Lamido made the remarks in Chapter 16, page 421 of his autobiography, Being True To Myself, which was unveiled on May 13th.

In the book, Lamido described the APC as a party created out of bitterness.

“I once had cause to explain to some members of the public after the APC was formed, that it was created out of anger, malice, and hatred. It was not and has never been a serious political party; its proponents were only parochial scavengers, who see politics as a huge enterprise,” he wrote.

Recounting political events of the Fourth Republic, Lamido traced the APC’s origins to alliances between opposition parties that later collapsed.

“In 1999, we had the PDP, AD, and APP as the three major national parties and the AD and APP jointly fielded Olu Falae against PDP’s candidate, Obasanjo, who won the election.

“The AD/APP alliance later dissolved into the ANPP, but they lost the elections; it was these losers that later came together to establish the APC,” he said.

Lamido also accused the APC of distorting Nigeria’s political history and spreading misleading narratives.

“What the APC did was to turn history upside down and promote a so-called ‘Mr. Integrity’ and hoodwinked Nigerians with false tags,” he stated.

Commenting on the defection of some PDP members to the APC before the 2015 elections, Lamido said he chose to remain in the PDP.

He stated, “I turned down several requests by APC promoters to join their ranks,” adding that he preferred to stay in the PDP to address its internal issues.

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