How I, Lamido agreed to go after ex-President Jonathan – Rotimi Amaechi

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Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister of transportation, revealed how he and Sule Lamido, the former governor of Jigawa State, decided to take on former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Amaechi claimed that in order to oppose Jonathan, he and Lamido established a committee of governors.

He addressed at the public presentation of Lamido’s autobiography, “Being True to Myself” in Abuja.

However, after arguing over which party to join, Amaechi, a former chairman of the Nigerians Governors Forum, revealed that he and Lamido split up.

“I made the mistake of thinking the former governor was a radical like me,” Amaechi added, describing Lamido as a good buddy during their time in administration.

According to Amaechi: “We were quite good friends in government. We had our bad times when we disagreed.

“I made the mistake of assuming he was as radical as I was. So, he was one of the governors I clung to when it came to radical decisions.

“The last one before we broke ranks was when we all agreed to go against President Jonathan. We formed a committee of governors and others.

“At the end of the day, he went to find a new party, the SDP. We said, ‘If we go to the SDP, we will lose the election.

“Let’s hang on to this one called the APC.’ He disagreed and left us. That’s where we parted ways.”

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