Lamido: I Won’t Attend PDP Meetings Unless Wike, Ortom Are Expelled
Former Governor of Jigawa State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has vowed not to participate in any party meetings or activities unless key figures such as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and former Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, are expelled from the party.
Speaking to journalists, Lamido expressed deep frustration over what he described as a breakdown of party discipline and the continued tolerance of individuals who openly worked against the PDP in the 2023 general elections.
“During our time, the party was supreme,” he said. “It held full authority, and everyone respected it, whether in the North, South, East, or West. Anyone — no matter how influential — who crossed the party line would be sanctioned.”
Lamido, who is a member of both the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, recalled how, as National Secretary of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP), he played a key role in the expulsion of the late Arthur Nzeribe. He said the PDP should learn from that era of discipline.
“Today, people openly working against the PDP are still being tolerated. Someone like Wike, who claims to love the PDP but is clearly undermining it, should be expelled by the NWC. Why hasn’t that happened?”
He also took aim at Ortom, saying, “Look at the Board of Trustees (BOT). People like Ortom, who declared support for Peter Obi in 2023, are still members. That’s why I’ve said I will not attend any PDP meeting unless Wike is expelled and people like Ortom are removed from the BOT.”
Lamido further questioned the credibility of current PDP leaders, citing the example of Senator Samuel Anyanwu. “How can I sit with someone like Ortom in the BOT to discuss the future of PDP? Or someone like Anyanwu, who is rejected in his own zone and now being imposed by another zone? These are impostors.”
On Wike, Lamido did not hold back, describing him as an ingrate who is now bent on destroying the very party that gave him political relevance.
“Here is someone who was honoured by the PDP, brought into relevance by the PDP, and now turns around to fight the very party that made him. Wike is, quite frankly, a disaster. What he has done is un-African and un-Nigerian.”
Lamido continued: “I don’t understand how someone, simply because of his own ambition, can take things so personally and act so destructively. There used to be a party culture that prioritized collective good — something altruistic — but that seems lost now.
“To seal the PDP secretariat — a party that produced you, nurtured you — no matter your grievances, no matter your bitterness, it’s like destroying your own home. He claims he financed the party. But is it wrong for a son to take care of his own mother? Does it now mean the mother must submit to the son and take orders from him simply because he’s providing her clothing?”
Lamido also accused Wike of lacking political values and foresight, adding, “Wike is thinking in a very warped way. He lacks the values and traditions that define our political culture. I’m glad, however, that President Tinubu intervened. The office was reopened by his order. The very man Wike is trying to please by destroying his own political family is the one saying, ‘No, you can’t do that.’”
“So, in a way, Tinubu has exposed him — showing that Wike is unreliable, without tradition, without pedigree. And now, Tinubu too may likely abandon him very soon.”
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