Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, has risen against consensus candidate for the office of the national Chairmanship of the Peoples Democrtaic party (PDP), saying he would contest for the office.
Lamido’s declaration is coming after speculation that former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, has been endorsed as the consensus chairmanship candidate ahead of the party’s convention fixed for November.
Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State made the declaration on his Facebook handle on Monday, saying he would pick his nomination form on Monday from the party’s National Headquarters.
He wrote: “By the grace of God, I shall today Monday 27th October 2025 by 11am be at Wadata Plaza, the National Headquarters of our very party, Peoples Democratic Party to purchase the nomination form to run for the office of the National Chairman of the Party.
“My commitment to democracy and resolve to restore our dear party to its old glory is unstoppable!”
Though the party’s National Convention Organising Committee Chairman, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State said Tuiraki’s endorsement did not preclude other aspirants from contesting the seat.
Also, other stakeholders led by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, Mustapha Sule Lamido, have risen against Turaki, saying he did not consult the governors in the North West and other stakeholders before his adoption as their candidate.
But Governor Dauda Lawal of Kebbi State has defended the endorsement of Turaki, saying the decision was in line with the party’s constitution, which, according to him, provides for consensus as a legitimate means of selecting leaders.
At Friday’s inauguration of the accreditation sub-committee for the forthcoming national convention, Lawal said the disagreement that trailed the endorsement was part of normal political dynamics.
“No matter what we do, some people will still be aggrieved. It is part of politics,” he said.
