{"id":44367,"date":"2015-12-01T02:55:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44367"},"modified":"2015-12-01T02:55:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T01:55:26","slug":"apc-is-new-evil-in-nigeria-says-lamido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/apc-is-new-evil-in-nigeria-says-lamido\/","title":{"rendered":"APC is new evil in Nigeria, says Lamido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that the<br \/>\nAll Progressives Congress (APC) now represents the evils, which the<br \/>\nPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) was accused of in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists recently in Kano after he received a<br \/>\ncertificate of award of excellent service, Lamido said the APC is now<br \/>\nguilty of the same office it accused the PDP of doing in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything PDP in the past is now with the present APC. PDP was<br \/>\nthrowing bombs, bombs are being thrown now, PDP was fuel shortage,<br \/>\nthere is fuel shortage now, PDP was killing Muslims, Muslims are being<br \/>\nkilled now, PDP was causing poverty and hunger, it is the same thing<br \/>\nwith the APC today. PDP was promoting ethnic politics; it is the same<br \/>\nthing now with the APC,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf one goes through the social media before the 2015 election,<br \/>\neverything evil was PDP, that PDP was Boko Haram, PDP was fuel<br \/>\nshortage, PDP was poverty, PDP was agony, PDP was fake and was<br \/>\ndividing Nigeria, PDP was looting Nigeria, in fact, everything evil<br \/>\nwas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also accused the APC of deeply dividing Nigeria along ethnic and<br \/>\npolitical divide, adding that the desperation among the spokespersons<br \/>\nof governments, who he said couldn&#8217;t speak the truth to the<br \/>\nelectorates on the government\u2019s wrongdoings and dividends of<br \/>\ndemocracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may sound a little different of what is today Nigeria. Because in<br \/>\ntoday Nigeria, everything is politics and there are very strong<br \/>\ndivides,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is either here or there and even those who are arbiters or<br \/>\nreferees or monitors if stand on your own belief you will be accused<br \/>\nby both sides. 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