How Okowa's 1.3 Trillion EFCC Charge Disappeared - Sule Lamido reveals

The former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has lamented that Nigeria is no longer the same country it used to be 25 years ago.

He stated that President Bola Tinubu has totally changed the country's political environment and is determined to destroy the opposition.

Lamido claimed that opposition politicians in Nigeria are panicking because of what he described as President Tinubu's imperial acts against the opposition.

Speaking in his office on Tuesday in Kano, he alleged that Tinubu is using instruments of power to coerce the opposition into joining the APC.

"Today, Tinubu is using state institutions to crush the opposition through intimidation, blackmail, harassment, and government patronage. A clear example is Okowa, who was the PDP vice presidential candidate. He suddenly faced charges of 1.3 trillion naira from the EFCC, and after joining the APC, those charges disappeared,ÔÇØ Lamido said.

He added, "It is just like Oshiomhole said, no matter your crime, once you join the APC, you will be forgiven. That is why people who feel guilty are joining the APC. This is a serious danger to our democracy.

"People are now asking what to do. In that panic, there is talk of coalitions. But I have said before, the coalition we had in 2014 was organic. There were established structures like CPC under Buhari, ACN under Tinubu, ANPP under governors, and even PDP members like the President, Speaker, and governors who joined the alliance.

"Today, the proposed coalition is just a gathering of individuals. Labour Party, PDP, and others are not uniting as political institutions but as individuals like Atiku, Peter Obi, El-Rufai, and others. That is why I am not part of it,ÔÇØ he said.