Sule Lamido

Sule Lamido
Foreign Minister of Nigeria
In office 1999–2003
Preceded by	Ignatius Olisemeka
Succeeded by	Oluyemi Adeniji
Governor of Jigawa State
In office 29 May 2007 – 29 May 2015
Preceded by	Saminu Turaki
Succeeded by	Badaru Abubakar
Personal details
Born	30 August 1948 Bamaina, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Bamaina, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa, Nigeria)
Political party	People's Democratic Party (PDP)

Sule Lamido (born 1948) served as Foreign minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor of Jigawa State in April 2007. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He ran successfully for reelection on 26 April 2011. In 2015 he and his sons were put on trial for embezzling state fund by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Lamido was born on 30 August 1948 in Bamaina, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

Lamido entered politics as a member of the left-of-center People's Redemption Party (PRP) in the Nigerian Second Republic. He became National Secretary of the Social Democratic Party during the Nigerian Third Republic, where he received criticism for his handling of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections won by Moshood Abiola, who was prevented from taking office.

When the military ruler General Sani Abacha announced his plan to return to democracy, Lamido was a founding member of the Social Progressive Party, and was National Secretary of the new party. He was imprisoned in 1998 by Abacha for criticising Abacha’s plan to perpetuate himself in office. After Abacha's unexpected death in June 1998, General Abdulsalami Abubakar announced a revised transition strategy and new parties were formed to contest the 1999 elections. Lamido became a member of the PDP. He ran for Governor of Jigawa State in the 1999 elections at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, but was narrowly defeated by the All People's Party (APP) candidate Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.

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