Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State on Tuesday gave an indication that the Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders will plead with former President Olusegun Obasanjo who dumped the party on Monday, to rescind the decision.
Lamido, who is the North West Coordinator of Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign, told State House correspondents, shortly after emerging from a meeting President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to the governor, Obasanjo remained the father of all even as he noted that President Jonathan and all the state governors are creations of the former president.
He explained that it is only appropriate that when a father is angry with his children, the children should appease him.
Lamido said, “Baba (Obasanjo) is more than a party man. He is an icon, a national symbol and a leader and an inventor, a creator of all the institutions today in Nigeria, from the President to the governors who are his own sons.
“And so, when a father is angry with his own children, we will only say we are sorry to him. But then, we cannot be renounced for whatever it is.
“If you do any political DNA of our blood, you will find his (Obasanjo’s) blood in us. No matter what we are, we may not be able to live up to his expectations.
“We might have made some mistakes, but abandoning us is not the solution because the country is first before anything else. So, he is our baba even up to the President.
“Obasanjo is our baba no matter what. He is angry with us, but then, what do we do? He gave us the life at a time when Nigerians were fighting us, he stood for us. Since 2011, in 2007, he stood firm for us.
“He is our father. And so, if we made some mistakes, we are only human because we are heading human institutions. And I think by the time he reflects, how could he abandon his own children like that. Wherever we are, we are right in his heart. He feels for us, he cares for us”.
When asked to be specific on whether they will go and beg Obasanjo to return to the party, Lamido said such information was not for public consumption.
“When there is some kind of misunderstanding between a father and a child, you don’t go to NTA or any other media to say you are going to do this.
“I mean the bond between us is so strong. I know he is equally pained. I know what he is going through because he is our father, but I will not tell you the strategy because when he was producing us, you were not there, when he was making us, were you there?” the governor said.
When told that some party chiefs had already said they would not miss the former President, Lamido said Jonathan, who he described as Obasanjo’s first child, had not said so.
“But then, the first child is the President, did he say so?” he asked.
When again asked if Obasanjo’s constant criticism of the President does not worry him, Lamido said when parents get old, they tend to manifest signs of old age.
“What I am saying is that all of us are parents. When we were born, they pampered us; gave us their love; gave us everything. By the time they get old, naturally, there is what they call role reversal. We became the parents and they became the children. So, what is wrong if our parents begin to manifest those signs of old age?”
Commenting on the activities of the opposition All Progressives Congress in the country, the Jigawa governor said, “What is this opposition in Nigeria? You must know Nigerian history. Nigeria cannot be governed by an aggregate of pain, anger and frustration. And I have been saying to those so-called opposition who are now abusing us, whatever might have been our crime, it was that crime that made them. We created that for them to become either governors, in the legislature, we created room for them to emerge. So whatever they think is our evil, they are the manifestations of the evil. Believe me, you don’t know Nigeria”.
On the chances of the PDP retaining power at the rescheduled March/April general elections, he said “I don’t doubt it because what is APC? An amalgamation of pain, anger and desperation. And this country is too big for them.”
With or without OBJ, jonathan will keep doing what has been doing, was OBJ really active before now? was he of any assistance.
What does lamido meant by first son, is that how you would behave if he really was a first son, then that’s an evidence of a lousy dad.
OBJ been described as a Father of all. then i’d definitely call this bad parenting.
And i was expected Lamido to say something reasonable, OBJ has been feeling very important because of the little attention he been getting, but long was he expecting this to go on.
OBJ was expelled from the party before shredding his card, it’s even cowardice he didn’t carry out the action with his hand, and you are here talking about first son. it was a waste of time reading this article.
Jonathan has been ruling and he has done well, Obasanjo has no effect on jonathan’s administration. so let’s stop seeing him as a relevant figure.
wait oh, na me Akpos, i don show, i been no wan yarn for this matter oh, cuz e fit bring quarrel some kain post dey provoke person, no be from PDP OBJ benefit, dem no make am their chair man, him na just ungrateful monkey, lamido all this one wey you dey talk for here, na your own be that. i sure say u drink shekpe before you show here. abeg make men comport thier self to avoid story that touch
Lamido, what’s your End game i see something behind this your little speech, like a motive or something.
why is lamido sounding like OBJ’s Got’ him by the balls or something, like his balls are been squeezed while saying all these trash.
Obasanjo is mad! and Lamido is insane for coming up with such idea. RUBBISH!!!..
This is where the problem lies, in the hands of bumbling idiots like this. What level of emptiness and stupidity has OBJ inoculated these leaders with?.
FIRST SON FIRE!!!
If Jonathan refused to take his advice or whatever he claims is right for Nigeria then he should beat it. Why is he(OBJ) being such a stubborn old man?.
Obj is angry because GEJ hs refused his selfish demands…He is no father figure.
Obasanjo has been under the covers for too long. He is a certified APC member
A good son always rejects the ill advice of a bad father…Obj is a selfish man, there is no good in his heart for Nigeria!
Obj is a disappointment, he brought this ridicule upon himself..No one owes him any form of apology.
The father should have known that this is no way to treat a son, obj took it too far, dragging the name of the President to the mud because you think you helped him at one point or the other is very wrong, i think obj should tread carefully
Lamido,obj should be your Father as well, please talk to your father because OBI IS NO LONGER A BOY, HE IS A MAN NOW
Obj has not said what he really wants from the President, as i see further than what they all see, it is either Obj is being excessively demanding or his ego is over blown to see that he has no say in GEJ’s government
I f Gov. Lamido wants to plead then he can do that in his own capacity
I never liked this man called Obj, he is a corrupt, selfish and egocentric man, whose pride has blown out of proportion
Why is so much attention given to a man who has nothing to offer, he has disappointed me with his recent actions and as such he should be neglected
Our analysis has made it clear that the recent comments by former President Obasanjo are geared towards disharmonious interactions which is bad for the nation, he needs some caution
Whether OBJ decamps or not…Goodluck remains the PRESIDENT till 2019
No body should go an beg that ugly man. For what is he God, bad leader like him and Buhari, him yanch go soon open.
When father do not want the goodness of his child then the father should die for the son to live
This lamido is just making that gorilla from otta farm more popular. We Nigerians have already celebrated the clown denouncement from the party and him allow jona rule well cos its not by force to tell a leader what to from otta farm…
Obasanjo or not PDP must win #GEJ 2019