Ahead of the 2019 Presidential Election, Jigawa State former Governor, Sule Lamido, has vowed that he would never allow himself to be cowed by those in power, to drop his Presidential aspiration.
He also warned leaders to beware of dangers of tyranny, impunity, and abuse of human dignity.
The former Governor, made the declaration at the weekend; after loads of heavily armed policemen were sent to Bamaina village of Birnin Kudu, to stop a planned rally organised by hundreds of youths, calling on him to contest the 2019 Presidential election.
Recall, that thousands of PDP Youths had gathered in Jigawa, to anoint Sule Lamido, as the PDP Presidential candidate, in place of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who has also be nursing such an ambition.
Reacting to the development, Lamido said, “The desperation by those in authorities of power today, must know that the same God that made Balewa, Ironsi, Gowon, Murtala, Shagari, Buhari, Babangida, and Jonathan, Presidents, could do the same for me if Allah so wishes.
“All this coercion and intimidation, was because of my aspiration, and I must tell them that no matter what, if Allah has destined that I will be President, they cannot stop me, or deter me, because that will amount to fighting against the wish of God.’’
He further said in his interaction with newsmen on the situation that, leaders should beware of the consequences that followed “tyranny, impunity, and abuse of human dignity”.
While declaring that he had long passed the stage when he can be intimidated by anyone, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain said, “those policemen that made people to lie on their bare backs simply because they were coming to meet me, should also note that they are no better people than those they have punished”.
Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has also been accused by Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and some other critics, of employing every tactics to cow and intimidate everyone it perceived would be a strong opposition to Buhari’s continuation in power, in 2019.
Via: Post Nigeria
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