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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Isa Sadiq Achida, has declared that the era of non-indigenes taking the hospitality of Sokoto State people for granted is over.
In an interview with the newsmen on Tuesday, Achida said”While Sokoto will remain a welcoming and accommodating state, that generosity must never be repaid with betrayal or insults”.
He alleged that Senator Ibrahim Lamido has more sympathy to Zamfara people less than that of people from Sokoto State, If he wishes to contest the 2027 elections, he should do so in his home state. He is welcome to live in Sokoto like every other law-abiding Nigerian is welcome, but certainly not as a future political representative of our people.”
Achida made the remarks in response to reports that Lamido is reportedly leading a faction of the APC in the state.
He dismissed the claim and reiterated that moving forward the party owes Lamido neither an apology nor reconciliation because the party didn’t offend him,rather he has been waging a relentless campaign against the party.
“There is nothing to reconcile with Senator Lamido. The APC did absolutely nothing to him. He has been the one fighting the party from within. And even if reconciliation were to occur, we would never trust him with the senatorial ticket again. A leopard doesn’t change its spots,” Achida said.
He expressed outrage over Lamido’s attacks on Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the revered leader of the APC in Sokoto State.
“How on earth can Lamido insult Senator Wamakko?” he asked. “That was the final red line. Senator Wamakko made it possible for him to be a senator. His betrayal is unforgivable.”
Achida described Lamido as a political liability who couldn’t even win his polling unit, let alone his local government area in the 2023 general elections.”How can such a man be a factional leader of the party “ Achida queried.
“We gave him the platform, we gave him the structure and he unfortunately turned against us. He has bit the very hand that fed him. His political career is over. Both the APC and the people have disowned him.”
Achida also dismissed the political relevance of both Lamido and Senator Abubakar Umar Gada, who claimed to have poached APC members into the ADC, the coalition aimed at challenging the APC in the 2027 elections.
Regarding Gada, Achida was blunt: “In the 2023 governorship election, Gada got just over 3,500 votes across the entire state. That’s less than what a strong candidate gets in one polling ward. He has no base, and no future in Sokoto State politics.”
Achida stressed that the APC remains united, strong, and focused under Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto and its father-mentor, Senator Wamakko, and is unbothered by media hype about so-called factions or coalitions.
“Our party is not under any threat from these self-serving individuals. The real APC is intact, working, and delivering dividends of democracy to the people. And the people of Sokoto State have seen the difference.”
He concluded by branding both Lamido and Gada as “political opportunists” with no grassroots credibility or electoral value.
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