{"id":198443,"date":"2026-04-05T21:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:12:00","slug":"sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc","title":{"rendered":"Sokoto East Senator Ibrahim Lamido resigns from APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing escalating insecurity and concerns over the welfare of his constituents as the primary reasons for his departure.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing his decision on Saturday via his official X account, Lamido stated, \u201cI, Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing the good people of Sokoto East Senatorial District, hereby resign from the APC with immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator explained that his resignation was prompted by the APC\u2019s failure to effectively tackle the growing security challenges in his district.<\/p>\n<p>Lamido\u2019s decision comes amid rising fears over banditry, kidnappings, and other violent incidents in parts of Sokoto State, which have increasingly affected local communities.<\/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. Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing escalating insecurity and concerns over the welfare of his constituents as the primary reasons for his departure. Announcing his decision on Saturday via his official X account, Lamido stated, \u201cI, Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"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>Sokoto East Senator Ibrahim Lamido resigns from APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Co ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sokoto East Senator Ibrahim Lamido resigns from APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T20:03:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T21:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775423470.012149.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1078\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sokoto East Senator Ibrahim Lamido resigns from APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T20:03:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T21:12:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc\"},\"wordCount\":136,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775423470.012149.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/sokoto-east-senator-ibrahim-lamido-resigns-from-apc\",\"name\":\"Sokoto East Senator Ibrahim Lamido resigns from APC - 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