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A former presidential candidate and prominent political chieftain, Gbenga Hashim, from the Middle Belt, has visited some prominent politicians in the North West in his ‘State of the nation’ consultation.
He led a delegation to former Jigawa State governor and a leader of the Northern Progressive Group, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Wednesday.
In a statement released by Hashim’s media office, Lamido was described as a protégé of the late Abubakar Rimi, who was former governor of old Kano.
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According to the former presidential candidate, “Alhaji Rimi and his friend, late Chief Doushep Solomon Lar, former Governor of Old Plateau State, provided leadership and inspiration for those of us in the Northern Progressive Movement in the struggle to end military rule.”
He added that “in that struggle, Rimi and Sule were held in custody just as yours truly was held in detention in 1989 under solitary confinement. A fearless upholder of the Northern Elements Progressives Union (NEPU) political tradition. We met in Kano yesterday and discussed the state of the nation.”
Before the visit to Lamido in Kano, Hashim consulted with prominent politicians in the First and Second Republics in all the six geo-political zones of the country.
