A former presidential candidate and prominent political figure from the Middle Belt, Gbenga Hashim, has continued his nationwide consultations on the state of the nation, this time meeting with key politicians from the North West region.
On Wednesday, August 14, Hashim led a delegation to meet with Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Foreign Affairs Minister and Governor of Jigawa State. Hashim shared the visit details on his official Facebook page, stating, “I visited with our leader in the Northern Progressive Group, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Former Governor of Jigawa State.”
In a statement released by Hashim’s media team, it was highlighted that Lamido had been a protégé of Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, the late former Governor of Old Kano State. Hashim remarked, “Alhaji Rimi and his friend, Chief Solomon Doushep Lar, the former Governor of Old Plateau State, provided leadership and inspiration for those of us in the Northern Progressive Movement during the struggle to end military rule.”
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Hashim, who was himself detained in 1989 under solitary confinement, praised Rimi and Lamido as fearless defenders of the Northern Element People’s Union (NEPU) political tradition. “We met in Kano yesterday and discussed the state of the nation,” Hashim concluded.
Before he visited Kano, Hashim had already consulted with prominent politicians from the First and Second Republics across all six geo-political zones of the country, continuing his efforts to engage with influential leaders on critical national issues.