The possible candidates for Vice-President remain pretty much the same: state governors Abubakar Bukola Saraki (Kwara) Sule Lamido (Jigawa) Isa Yuguda (Bauchi) Ibrahim Shema (Katsina) as well as former director of military intelligence Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (AC Vol 50 No 25)...
The established front-runners are Kwara State Governor Abubakar Bukola Saraki (who would have Yar'Adua's blessing) and Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido (who would have the still-important backing of ex-President Obasanjo)...
Sule Lamido Governor of Jigawa State...
Last November Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido visited Banjul followed in February by Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon...
Obasanjo advises Jammeh to do as he is asked by CMAG (chaired by Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido)...
In mid-November a CMAG team consisting of Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido and Musa Hitam special representative of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad spent three days in Banjul at Jammeh's invitation...
The key jobs seem earmarked for political veterans: Adamu Ciroma (Finance Minister); Bola Ige (Attorney General and Justice Minister); Sule Lamido (Foreign Minister); Lieutenant General (retired) Theophilus Danjuma or Major Gen...
Despite the national mantra of ‘power shift' - that the next president must come from the south - northern candidates such as Rimi and Sule Lamido cannot be ruled out...
Yusufu Sule Lamido Adamu Ciroma and others...
Attitudes ranging from indifference to outright hostility to Abacha' s political ambitions emanate from such figures as Shagari Shehu Musa Adamu Ciroma Abubakar Rimi Sule Lamido Umaru Shikafi Solomon Lar Bamanga Tukur and Mahmud Waziri...
