Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has called for the immediate dismissal of prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) figures including Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; ex-Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; and former Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu for allegedly undermining the party during the 2023 general elections.
Speaking during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television, Lamido expressed deep dissatisfaction with what he described as ongoing “impunity” within the PDP.
He urged the National Working Committee (NWC) to take decisive action against members who have openly worked against the party’s interests.
“All those erring members, the Wikes, the Ortoms, the Ikpeazus and others, who openly campaigned against the PDP in the 2023 elections, and who say that they are going to work for APC in 2027, should be sacked from the party,” Lamido said.
He emphasized that this pattern of disloyalty has lingered unchecked since the aftermath of the party’s 2022 primaries, leading to the 2023 polls.
“From way back after the primaries of 2022 leading to the elections of 2023, there are people who, because of their own interest and ambition, felt aggrieved about what transpired in the party’s convention and what they felt was not being able to address their interests as individuals at the elections,” he explained.
“And they turned out against the party and fought the party. We’ve been having this kind of problem, the impunity of people castrating the party and denouncing it,” Lamido added.
Frustrated by what he termed the party’s long-standing tolerance of such behavior, Lamido urged the leadership to finally enforce the rules enshrined in its constitution.
“In the constitution, if you breach the party’s code, you are sanctioned. But somehow, going into a ditch, the party executives are now alive to their responsibilities,” he said.
Due to the lack of action, Lamido disclosed that he has decided to abstain from participating in meetings of the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) until the issue of disciplinary action is addressed.
His remarks came on the same day the PDP’s National Working Committee issued a stern warning to party members who have declared support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections.
The party described such conduct as anti-party and cautioned that offenders could face more severe consequences if they fail to retract their positions.
