Obasanjo Remains Our FATHER In PDP – Gov. Lamido

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, has said no matter
what, former president Olusegun Obasanjo will remain their father in PDP either
he tore his membership card or not. He said so many of his sons are in power
right now, courtesy the elder statesman, which also includes the president and he
knows the former president is only angry with some of them, hence his exit from
the party. But they will continue to beg him to forgive them. His words;

“Baba 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 presidency to the governors who are his own sons, are all his
creations. 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.

“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. Baba 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,” he said.