Another One Bites the Dust—Sokoto Senator Calls It Quits
By: Abudu Olalekan
Senator Ibrahim Lamido had enough. Enough of the promises, enough of the platitudes, enough of watching his people suffer while nothing changed.
So on Saturday morning, he did what more politicians are probably thinking but won’t say—he quit the APC. Just like that. Posted it on X (yeah, Twitter’s new name, still weird to type) and called it a day.
“I, Senator Ibrahim Lamido, representing the good people of Sokoto East Senatorial District, hereby resign from the APC with immediate effect,” he wrote. Formal, but you could feel the frustration between the lines.
And the reasons? Let’s just say they’re not shocking anyone who’s been paying attention. Insecurity’s gotten worse, his constituents are struggling, and the party? Well, in his words, they failed to “safeguard the people I represent.”
“This defection is primarily in the interest of the people I represent,” he added. Politicians always say that, but coming from Lamido, it rings a bit different. Sokoto East has been bleeding—armed groups attacking villages, people forced from their homes, the whole nine yards. And that’s before we even talk about the economy.
Cost of living’s through the roof, basic services are a joke, and election season is coming. People are angry. Really angry.
Lamido didn’t say where he’s heading next. Could be another party, could be independent. But his exit adds to the growing list of political reshuffling in Sokoto State. The balance of power’s been shifting like sand in a desert storm lately.
Reached by Reportersroom, party insiders weren’t exactly surprised. “We’ve seen this coming,” one source said, though they declined to be named. “The senator’s been frustrated for months. This wasn’t a rash decision.”
The timing’s interesting though. Just when the APC thought they’d stabilized things in the Northwest, another key player walks. And this one’s not being quiet about why.
For now, Sokoto East’s representation is in flux. Lamido’s made his move. The question is—who’s next?
