Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa, has disclosed his intention to contest for the position of national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Lamido made the announcement in a post on his Facebook page
on Monday.
A former minister of foreign affairs and one of the party’s
founding members, Lamido said he is confident in his capacity to rebuild and
reposition the PDP.
He added that he would visit Wadata Plaza, the PDP national
secretariat in Abuja, to obtain his nomination form.
“By the grace of God, I shall today, Monday, 27th October
2025, by 11 a.m., be at Wadata Plaza, the national headquarters of our great
party, the Peoples Democratic Party, to purchase the nomination form to run for
the office of national chairman,” he wrote.
“My commitment to democracy and resolve to restore our dear
party to its old glory is unstoppable.”
The politician said his decision was inspired by the need to
strengthen internal democracy and prepare the party for upcoming elections.
The PDP, which governed Nigeria from 1999 to 2015, is
expected to elect a new national chairman at its forthcoming convention.
The PDP national convention to elect new national working
committee (NWC) leaders, is billed for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, the Oyo
state capital.
In August, the PDP national executive committee (NEC) zoned
its presidential ticket to the south and in line with party tradition, the
national chairmanship was zoned to the north.
The position was further micro-zoned to the north-west, with
former governors Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna), Lamido and Kabiru Turaki, ex-minister
of special duties and intergovernmental affairs, among those rumoured to be
eyeing the chairmanship role.
Jigawa is one of the north-western states.
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