Former Jigawa State Governor and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has expressed confidence in the party’s ability to resolve the ongoing leadership crisis.
In a recent interview with The Sun newspaper, Lamido acknowledged challenges in the country, including calls for the resignation of acting national speaker Umar Damagun.
However, he described the situation as part of the party’s political journey and history.
Despite the turmoil, Mr Lamido assured that the PDP has the political experience and commitment to address the issues and emerge stronger.
Commenting on the crisis within the party, Lamido said: “PDP as a political party has a history and the challenges within PDP are well known to all Nigerians.
“What happens to leaders is well known; some of it is internal and others are externally induced.
“For me, I’m optimistic that we can contain this situation. We have a political history, we have a political commitment to deal with this situation. But our biggest The problem is the judiciary. It’s really, really sad.
“Political parties are formed by the people. They create their own constitutions, norms and customs, and they must guide the party regarding violations.
“And INEC is under the umbrella of all political parties and supervises the activities and functioning of political parties, including how they submit candidates for elections.
“But today, unfortunately, the judiciary has become another arm of the APC and by their actions and inactions, they are clearly accelerating the death of democracy in Nigeria.”
Lamido said that the judiciary is rapidly dying the death of democracy, saying, “This is because of the judgments handed down by various courts today, and courts with similar jurisdiction continue to contradict each other.” It’s because of the situation,” he said.
“The judgments of various courts today continue to contradict each other and even the judgments of the Supreme Court.The judgments of the Supreme Court are very clear on the issue of political parties.
“The ruling is clear that no one can intervene because each political party has its own constitution and uses it to manage its internal affairs.
“Courts can only intervene if the process or procedure for placing candidates in public office has been violated. Therefore, the parties must have a clear, transparent and reliable process to place candidates in public office. It is necessary to keep in mind that
“If they violate constitutional procedures, the courts can intervene. But who will be the chairman, who will be the secretary, who will be my BOT chairman, and how the working committee will work on a daily basis? The question of how to run the party is not the court’s job.
