* Alhaji Sule Lamido
By Pathfinder Reporter
Monday June 23, 2025
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Solid Minerals Minister Dele Alake has come hard on former Jigawa State governor and Foreign Affairs Minister Alhaji Sile Lamido for faulting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s acclaimed role in the crusade to force the military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, to reverse the annulment of the results of the June 12, 1993, presidential election won by Bashorun MKO Abiola.
Speaking on national television on the saga, Lamido, who was the national secretary of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP), claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was part of the people who supported the annulment of the election.
According to him, Tinubu’s mother, Hajia Mogaji, organized market women from Lagos to come to Abuja and show support for the then Head of State.
Lamido also claimed that the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was formed to fight for the late Gen. Sani Abacha and not June 12.
But Alake berated Lamido, who was the secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), accusing him of teaming up with others to trade off the election won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.
Featuring on national television last night, Lamido’s claims were described as tissues of lies from the pit of hell.
He said Tinubu gave everything he had towards the reclaiming of Abiola’s mandate.
“I feel very appalled at his own submissions, which I’ll ascribe largely to amnesia or, at the very worst, an impairment of oblongata or memory loss in layman’s terms.
“Sule Lamido himself was the guilty party to the annulment of that June 12, 1999 election.
“Sule Lamido did not know so many things. He was the Secretary of the SDP. Before this time, he was posturing as a leftist. The late Tony Anenih was the chairman.
“Unknown to Lamido, Tinubu played a major role in the emergence of MKO as a candidate well before the election.
“There were two factions that formed the nucleus of the SDP.
“One, the Peoples Patriotic Front, was led by the late Gen. Musa Yar’Adua; the second, the Peoples Social Party (PSP), was led by the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the late Adekunle Ajasin, etc.
“These two caucuses formed the SDP. Tinubu belonged to the Yar’Adua faction. But on the formation of SDP, it became one party.
“The groundswell for MKO to become the candidate of the party at the Jos Convention was overwhelming.
“There was a stalemate. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar also ran as an aspirant in SDP since 1993. Atiku has been at the game since then. Babagana Kingibe ran.
“There was a stalemate in the first ballot between Kingibe and MKO. Then, there was horse trading to get Atiku to drop his ambition and align with the MKO group.
“This same Tinubu was one of the key people who led the negotiations to persuade Atiku to drop his own aspiration and align with MKO. This eventually happened.
“When the second ballot was conducted, it was obvious that MKO coasted home to victory. While that election was going on, Tunji Bello and Segun Babatope were drafting MKO’s speech, which he read.
“After negotiations, the Yar’Adua faction had the upper hand and that was why Lamido became the secretary of the party.
“Then, the campaign for the election began. And Tinubu threw everything he had at it. So, it is totally false to say Tinubu only became popular after the annulment of June 12.
Alake faulted Lamido’s claim that Tinubu supported the cancellation of the election as an attempt for the former Jigawa State governor to cover up his evil deeds.
The minister said: “That is totally false and revisionism; it is an attempt for Lamido to cover his pernicious role in supporting that critical sacred mandate given to MKO.
“Lamido and SDP chairman sold out MKO’s mandate by accepting the National Interim Government (NIG).”
He explained that the late Alhaja Magaji went to plead with the late Abacha to restore MKO’s mandate.
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