{"id":170914,"date":"2025-07-23T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:55:06","slug":"sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity","title":{"rendered":"Sule Lamido on Embracing His History and Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has denied rumours of his defection to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, calling the party a \u201csmaller skin\u201d that does not align with the stature of his political legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Kano on Tuesday, Sule Lamido reaffirmed his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, despite its internal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed his willingness to support any political alliance, whether within or outside the PDP, that aims to safeguard Nigeria\u2019s future ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in Nigeria. So any arrangements, be it within or outside the Peoples Democratic Party, that will secure and save Nigeria, I am ready to work with it in 2027,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the rumors linking him to the ADC, the former Foreign Affairs Minister firmly dismissed the claims, emphasizing that his political identity remains firmly rooted in the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still in PDP, even though PDP has some problems, but I cannot renounce my history. I can\u2019t simply walk out of my skin and crawl in flesh and blood and be conferred with a smaller skin called ADC. I cannot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the significant role the PDP has played in shaping his political career, having entrusted him with key positions like Minister of Foreign Affairs and Governor of Jigawa State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I cannot simply renounce my history, my legacy and my heritage and say, \u2018Today I got something new\u2019. I am out of PDP. I will not do that,\u201d Lamido added.<\/p>\n<p>On the ongoing push for the creation of additional states in Nigeria, Lamido noted that while the demand may be legitimate, it does little to address the country\u2019s most pressing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill the creation of new states solve our problems insecurity, poverty, hunger and division between the North and the South? There are more pressing issues than creating additional states,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lamido also commented on Senator Rabi\u2019u Kwankwaso\u2019s recent visit to President Bola Tinubu, stating that the former Kano governor was well within his rights to take such an action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has denied rumours of his defection to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, calling the party a \u201csmaller skin\u201d that does not align with the stature of his political legacy. Speaking to journalists in Kano on Tuesday, Sule Lamido reaffirmed his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[118,254,2697],"class_list":["post-170914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adc","tag-nigeria","tag-sule-lamido"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sule Lamido on Embracing His History and Identity - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has denied rumours of his defection to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sule Lamido on Embracing His History and Identity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, has denied rumours of his defection to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T15:39:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T16:55:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753277209.747552.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"674\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sule Lamido on Embracing His History and Identity\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T15:39:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T16:55:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity\"},\"wordCount\":365,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753277209.747552.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sule Lamido\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sule-lamido-on-embracing-his-history-and-identity\",\"name\":\"Sule Lamido on Embracing His History and Identity - 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