Ibrahim Lamido, the senator from Sokoto East Senatorial District, has revealed why he has chosen not to run for a second term in the Senate.
In an interview with reporters in Sokoto on Monday, he clarified that the Senate does not have the administrative authority required to address the escalating insecurity plaguing local communities.
He clarified that he decided to run for governor because he wanted to personally address the security issues that Sokoto East residents were suffering.
The congressman claimed that many residents of the district had pushed him to run for executive position, claiming that only a governor had the power and means necessary to successfully combat banditry and other violent crimes plaguing the area.
“I wanted to run for governor because my people are experiencing insecurity.” I don’t have the executive authority as a senator to properly handle the problem,” Lamido stated.
However, after the African Democratic Congress reached a consensus to nominate Mannir Dan’iya, a former deputy governor of Sokoto State, as its contender for the 2027 governorship, the senator was unable to win the party’s governorship ticket.
Lamido declared that he will be faithful to the ADC and contribute to the party’s success in the upcoming elections even though he lost the ticket.
“I’ll stay in the ADC and back the chosen candidate.” For me, politics is about serving my people, not about gaining personal advantages,” he said.
He also revealed that, in order to maintain party unity, every candidate running for the party’s governorship ticket agreed to the compromise.
“There were ten candidates, and the other nine have all agreed with the party’s decision,” he continued.
