Former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has rejected Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s claim that he and other prominent politicians in the state support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shettima was quoted in a video posted by DCL Hausa as saying that prominent Jigawa politicians, including Lamido, were backing the APC. The post carried the headline: “All the prominent people of Jigawa State are with us, including Sule Lamido.”
Reacting in the comments, Lamido questioned why he would support the party, recalling that he had not backed it when it was formed in 2014.
“Ikon Allah. Ban yi APC a 2014 sai yanzu a 2026?” he wrote in Hausa.
The remark translates roughly as: “God is powerful. I was not with the APC in 2014, so why would I be with it now in 2026?”
Lamido also described the claim as false, using the Kanuri expression “kattuwunum.”
He later shared a post by one of his supporters, Auwal Muhammed, who accused the APC-led administration of trying to use Lamido’s name to promote President Bola Tinubu’s candidacy.
Muhammed said Lamido remained a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and would campaign for the party. Lamido captioned the post: “A loyalist of mine wrote this in my defence!”
