Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo against transforming himself into a religious and ethnic bigot because of his disappointment with the current administration.
Premium Times reported that, Lamido, who is Obasanjo’s political ally, advised the former leader to withdraw the statement credited to him that Boko Haram has an agenda of ‘Fulanization’ of West Africa and ‘Islamization’ of Africa.
It was gathered that Lamido’s call to Obasanjo was contained in a press statement sent on Sunday, May 19.
Condemning the activities of Boko Haram, Obasanjo was quoted as saying: “It’s no longer an issue of lack of education and lack of employment for our youth in Nigeria which it began as, it is now West African Fulanization, Islamization and global organised crimes of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, illegal mining and regime change.”
Reacting to the statement, Lamido said: “If it were said at a non religious venue to a non religious audience, may be; it might have been more tolerable.
“Please sir don’t let your disappointment with sitting presidents turn you into a bigot. You must not abandon the national stage.
“The cracks along the various divides in our National cohesion are already turning into huge gorges.” he concluded.