{"id":4893,"date":"2013-06-07T22:26:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T22:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/lamido-mum-on-presidential-ambition\/"},"modified":"2013-06-07T22:26:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T22:26:42","slug":"lamido-mum-on-presidential-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/lamido-mum-on-presidential-ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamido mum on presidential ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido has refused to speak on his alleged ambition to contest the 2015 Presidential election on a joint ticket with the embattled Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.<\/p>\n

Posters of the two governors and campaign vehicles have been spotted in some state capitals in recent months, but Lamido is yet to make any comment on it even though the state House of Assembly has endorsed him for the presidential bid.<\/p>\n

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is also believed to have endorsed the Jigawa governor\u2019s quest to have a shot at the nation\u2019s highest political office come 2015.<\/p>\n

At an occasion to mark the country\u2019s Democracy Day in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital, Obasanjo was quoted as saying that Lamido has the quality to be Nigeria’s next president.<\/p>\n

Lamido, who attended the Northern States Governors Forum meeting in Kaduna last Thursday waved off inquisitive reporters and refused to speak on his alleged presidential ambition.<\/p>\n

When accosted by journalists, a smiling Lamido who waited until the question was asked simply said “if you want me to talk to you, come to my Village and I will talk to you.”<\/p>\n

With that statement, the governor entered his car and drove off, leaving the reporters stranded.<\/p>\n

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