Sule LamidoFormer governor of Jigawa State and Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has made it clear that the party has no intention to change its name to satisfy those seeking its membership because it is not a chameleon.
Sule Lamido, who spoke today, Tuesday in Minna, Niger State capital, while addressing delegates to next month national convention of the party, said that anyone that is not satisfied with the party’s present name should leave it.
“The PDP remains the only party with well- defined ideology. Between 1999 and now all the other political parties have changed their names in the quest to wrestle power from the PDP. Out of all political parties, only the PDP had retained its name.”
The former Jigawa State governor turned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), whose leaders he said are now in a panic following series of defections by some bigwigs to the PDP.
“Defection occurred when there is injustice and impunity. The impunity and injustice made people to leave PDP then. Those who left are now coming back. When they left us, we were able to manage it; we were able to conduct ourselves in a very dignified way because we are leaders.
“What goes round comes around. It is now time for the APC to experience same and they are panicking because they have no capacity. When we faced same in 2014, we were very cool, calm and collected and were able to lead the party despite our losses.”
