There are strong indications that 2015 presidential ambition of Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido may have began to cause serious cracks within the ranks of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state.
Sources told our correspondent in Dutse that the recent face-off between the state Vice Chairman and Secretary of the party, Aminu Nuhu Jahun and Ali Tukur Gamtsa respectfully, two weeks ago was an indication that all is not well with the party in the state.
Several Nigerians and groups had been asking Lamido to throw his hat into the ring and vie for the election because of his alleged impressive performance in Jigawa State as governor in the last seven years.
However, shortly after the state Vice Chairman of the party, Jahun had said that the PDP members in the state would procure nomination forms for Lamido to contest the election, adding that “they are 100 percent in his support to vie for the office of the president,’’ the Secretary, Gamtsa countered him, asking the general public to ignore such romour.
Sources said that although the Chairman of the party, Salisu Mamuda Kuit reportedly intervened over the issue, which he said was ‘’an internal affair which the party can resolve amicably,’’ the party members had been polarised over the governor’s presumed ambition since the exchange of words by the two political gladiators in the state,
It was gathered that, the secretary Ali Gamtsa was accused of allegedly engaging in a confrontation with a former state legislator when PDP governors converged on Jigawa for their meeting as well as a serving federal lawmaker and some politicians over the issue.
A top official of the PDP who commented on the crises said that the recent open confrontation between the secretary and the vice chairman, at the headquarters of the party did not come as a surprise to those familiar with the situation.
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