Former Jigawa State Governor and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Sule Lamido, has delivered a scathing rebuke of the party’s current trajectory, demanding the immediate expulsion of Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, and others he describes as saboteurs embedded within the PDP.
Describing Wike as a “political disaster” and “an enemy within,” Lamido accused the former Rivers State Governor of actively working to dismantle the very party that built his political career. In an explosive interview with select journalists in Abuja, Lamido warned that the PDP is under siege from individuals who neither respect its founding principles nor believe in its collective future.
“Wike is a disaster. He was made by the PDP—nurtured, empowered, and celebrated. But today, he repays that loyalty with destruction,” Lamido said. “To seal the PDP national secretariat—the house that gave you political life—is not just un-African. It is ungrateful, irresponsible, and a naked abuse of federal power.”
Lamido lashed out at Wike’s reported defense that his financial support entitles him to certain powers within the party.
“So what if he funded the party? If a child gives his mother clothes, does that make the mother his slave? This entitlement mentality is corrosive,” he added. “Wike lacks the cultural depth and moral restraint our political traditions demand. He’s all ego, no soul.”
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs did not spare the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC), accusing it of cowardice and complicity. He questioned why Wike, despite his repeated attacks on the party and its leadership, remains unpunished.
“What exactly is the NWC afraid of?” Lamido asked. “Why has Wike not been expelled? Why is Ortom still sitting on the Board of Trustees after publicly endorsing Peter Obi of another party? If the PDP is to survive, it must cut off its rotten branches—without sentiment or delay.”
Lamido declared he would no longer attend party meetings if figures like Wike and Ortom remain in influential positions, saying their continued presence undermines the PDP’s integrity.
“I cannot sit with impostors. I remain a loyal PDP man, but I won’t dignify this rot,” he said.
In a surprising twist, Lamido praised President Bola Tinubu for reportedly ordering the reopening of the sealed PDP national secretariat, suggesting the president is beginning to see through Wike’s manipulative tactics.
“The irony is rich. The man Wike is trying to impress—President Tinubu—was the one who overruled him. That tells you everything,” Lamido noted. “Even Tinubu now knows that Wike lacks loyalty, pedigree, and tradition. He will soon abandon him too.”
Lamido warned that the tactics being deployed to undermine the PDP were not natural political competition but calculated state sabotage aimed at turning Nigeria into a de facto one-party state.
“What is happening is not evolution—it’s erosion. Using institutions like the EFCC to blackmail politicians into joining the APC is undemocratic and dangerous,” he said. “Even Tinubu should be worried. A weak opposition weakens democracy, and a weak democracy endangers us all.”
Reflecting on the internal rot plaguing the PDP, Lamido argued that the seeds of crisis were sown when individuals without ideological grounding flooded the party with money and ambition.
“They came with cash, not character. With ego, not empathy,” he said. “And then they started acting like owners because they sponsored a few events. But this is not a business. This is a political party founded on sacrifice.”
Lamido pushed back against recent calls for a northern opposition bloc, saying Nigeria’s problems demand a national response—not regional power plays.
“Let’s not deceive ourselves with sectional coalitions. The pain is national. The hunger is national. What we need is a national coalition to rescue Nigeria,” he stressed.
As the PDP stumbles under the weight of internal contradictions and external pressure, Lamido’s voice rings as a call for rebirth.
“This party brought Nigeria back from military rule. It gave the country stability, peace, and growth. It must not be allowed to fall into the hands of those who neither know its history nor care about its future,” he concluded.
