Presidential Bid: Lamido Supporters Storm Kano

Large number of supporters of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State from across the country had over the weekend stormed Malam Aminu Kano International Airport to declare their support for the governor to join the 2015 presidential race. The supporters used the opportunity of his arrival from a 10-day foreign trip to make their open declaration for the Lamido/Amaechi presidential ticket. LEADERSHIP Sunday observed that commercial and social activities were brought to a standstill in the ancient city of Kano.It was also observed that thousands of people from Kogi, Katsina, Benue, Bauchi, Platue, Zamfara were among the states at the Aminu Kano Airport carrying Lamido/Amaechi posters, banners and T-shirts chanting the slogan of “2015, Sai Lamido”. Governor Lamido who arrived at the Airport at about 5:00pm was excited with the crowd that gathered to welcome him. He acknowledged the allegiance paid to him by those who want him to contest the presidential election in 2015. Speaking to LEADERSHIP Sunday at the Airport, one Malam Abubakar from Kogi State said they came to Kano to welcome governor Lamido and also to beg him to come and save Nigeria from the most difficult period of socio-economic crises and security challenges. He revealed that they came to governor Lamido with the youths and women groups who are concerned about finding a competent person to lead the country and now they are satisfied that Lamido is competent to do the job. He added that after the Kano occasion they would go back to Kogi to continue to garner support from more people to mount pressure on Lamido to accept the job for higher national service. Speaking in the same vein, Mr John Edit from Benue State said that they came to join other good people of Nigeria in pleading with governor Lamido to come and serve Nigeria as he served Jigawa State. But in a swift reaction, former Minority Leader in the National Assembly and CPC stalwart, Hon Faruk Adamu described the gathering as sponsored. He added that sponsoring such crowd is a political miscalculation and also another tactic to squander Jigawa public fund Source:leadership