Sule Lamido thirsts for history

• Published date: 21 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

As a former minister and erstwhile governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido is no doubt a major player in the Nigerian political space. But there is more to him in the forthcoming general election than a statesman in search of free and fair elections.

Beyond successful elections in the nation and Jigawa in particular, Lamido will fancy his chance to make history as the first Nigerian whose biological son would be governor after he had occupied the same office.

With his eldest son, Hon. Mustafa Sule Lamido, as the governorship candidate of the...