For the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is an accomplice in the alleged ‘persecution’ of the Fulani tribe in the South West.
Lamido claimed that the Fulani are being shabbily treated because they are from the same ethnic stock as President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to the Vanguard Newspaper, Lamido made the claims while receiving 27 newly elected local government chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa at his office on Thursday, January 28.
Lamido lamented that Fulanis are being persecuted in the country, especially the southwestern part, because they are Buhari’s tribe.
The former governor also criticised the minister of transportation and labour ministries, Rotimi Amaechi, and Chris Ngige for not defending the Fulani in their regions despite being with President Buhari.
He said: “They are reading Fulani through Buhari, who is also of the Fulani tribe. They failed to understand that it is not every Fulani that supports Buhari. I am a Fulani by tribe but did not vote for Buhari.
“What the Fulanis are going through in this country is unfortunate. We are being persecuted, abused, endangered, called names, just because Buhari is from us. This is not fair. This is unjust.
“Why have those from the South, who brought Buhari to power in 2015, failed to defend his people in their region? Where are the Tinubus, Fasholas, Amaechis, Ngiges, Soyinkas, Rochas, where are all these, why can’t they protect Buhari’s people?”
Lamido said Buhari would not hand over power to Tinubu in 2023, alleging that the romance that existed between the president and the APC national leader was over.
“Buhari used Tinubu to become Nigeria’s president. Likewise, Tinubu used Buhari to fulfil his political desire. So, it is a mutual interest that has been fulfilled. So, the agenda has been concluded.
“The southerners used Buhari to attain their political goals. Those goals are political and economic goals, such as appointments and infrastructure, which is now happening there.
“They just used Buhari because he is the main attraction and appeal in the country. That is why they used him to lead the coalition because there was no material except Buhari in the legacy party. He is the only material that could be sold easily in the country from the legacy parties.
“So, it is now over. It was a mutual arrangement and all desires had been fulfilled by both parties,” he said.
