Dr. Sule Lamido, former Governor of the State of Jigawa, said that he could not pray for the President or tell him how to make Nigerians' lives better.

Speaking to BBC Hausa on the sidelines of the 60th anniversary of Nigeria's Independence, Lamido said he was unable to pray or counsel anyone who was pursuing his party out of control.

“You can’t say in the past 60 years of our independence that there is no progress, there is.

“But, honestly, our leaders are not taking advantage of the natural resources we have in the country to make us progress and live better.

“I am from an opposition party, no matter how much I love Buhari or his cabinet, I can’t enter mosque and pray for him.

“People called us [PDP] thieves and voted APC.

“So, it is left for them to judge now.

“If Buhari is doing good, they know and let him lead Nigeria forever, but if he is doing wrong, we are always there to come and takeover in order to do the right thing.”