Lamido Mustapha Sule
2023 Gubernatorial Elections (2023)
Lamido Mustapha Sule was PDP's 2023 Jigawa governorship candidate, scored 368726 votes, and lost.
Born: 1 January 1984 (age 42)
State: Jigawa
Party: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FSLC SSCE BSc.
Running Mate: Ibrahim Babandi
Bio
Lamido Mustapha Sule is listed as born on 1984-01-01 with FSLC SSCE BSc. qualifications and Ibrahim Babandi as running mate in the 2023 Jigawa governorship race.
The profile text also includes detailed historical information on Sule Lamido (born 30 August 1948), describing service as Jigawa governor from 2007 to 2015 and Nigeria's foreign affairs minister from 1999 to 2003, alongside earlier roles in PRP, SDP, and later PDP politics. It recounts his representation of Birnin Kudu in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983, involvement in transition-era party politics, imprisonment in 1998 under Sani Abacha, and his eventual return to Fourth Republic contestation.
It also references EFCC allegations in 2015 over approximately N1.35 billion linked to his period in office. In the 2023 Jigawa governorship election, Lamido Mustapha Sule ran on the PDP platform, polled 368726 votes, and lost.