I forced Sule Lamido on Jigawa people, now it has paid off – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday confessed that he actually imposed governor Sule Lamido on the people of Jigawa state, saying that his action had paid off.

The former leader who was a guest at the Jigawa State Economic Summit, said Governor Lamido had shown by his achievements in office that he was the right person to govern the state.

He said, “You people of Jigawa, once again, I congratulate you and I congratulate myself; because if you can say yes, Obasanjo forced this one (Governor Lamido) on us, it is a good forcing.

“It comes to one thing that you will say, you can help anybody to find a job but you cannot help anybody to do the job. In this case, we found a job for Sule Lamido. Sule Lamido was ready, willing, able and competent to do the job.”

The father and son relationship between Obasanjo and Governor Lamido could be dated back to 1999 when the former President appointed him as a Foreign Minister, which led to a serious rift between him and the governor’s patron, Abubakar Rimi.

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