Betrayal is the hallmark of PDP — Lamido reacts over move to suspend Jonathan

Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido 

A former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being notorious for betrayal. Lamido was reacting to moves by some persons to effect the suspension of former president Goodluck Jonathan from the PDP over his alleged support for David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa.

The former governor said that other persons in the opposition party have done worse things than Jonathan. Lamido said that the PDP has betrayal as its hallmark. He said: “To me, when you say PDP, 80 per cent of the stronghold of APC is PDP; you know it.



Anybody who was anything in the National Assembly between 1999 to 2015 was PDP. Anybody who was anything today in Government House was PDP.

So, to me, betrayal is part of the hallmark of the party.Tell me anybody who has not betrayed PDP? Anybody you can think who PDP had honoured and dignified and made, who PDP invented that has not come to hurt PDP.”



Recall that some members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP had called for the suspension of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan over his alleged romance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which contributed to the defeat of his party in the governorship election held in his home state Bayelsa.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon, had defeated Duoye Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the Bayelsa governorship election.



The APC polled 352,552 while PDP secured 143,170 votes, leaving a margin of 209,382.

Jonathan was reportedly played host to leaders of the APC led by the Minister of state for Petroleum, Timipre Silva after the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC had declared David Lyon winner of the governorship election.

However, his action did not go down well with some members of the PDP as many alleged that he worked against the party in favor of the APC in the state.


But reacting to the alligations, Jonathan said that as a former president and a former Governor of the state, he remains a father to all adding that his doors are always open to all citizens irrespective of political affinity.

He concluded by advising David Lyon, the APC candidate, who emerged victorious during the poll to focus on delivering his campaign promises to the people of the state now that the election is over.



“As a former President of Nigeria, I am a father to all Bayelsans, hence my doors are open to all citizens irrespective of their political affiliations. I urge you to make the welfare of Bayelsans a top priority and carry all Bayelsans along irrespective of the party they voted for.

“Elections are over now, so I want you to see yourself as the Governor of all Bayelsans and not only to the sections that voted for you. This is the way to move Bayelsa forward.” he said