Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State had always been in a pitch political battle with his predecessor, Senator Saminu Turaki. On two occasions (1999 and 2003), Turaki, who ran on the platform of the All Peoples Party (APP) and later renamed All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) beat him to the governorship seat. Lamido won the seat in 2007 after Turaki had served out his two terms and both men made peace part of which was the accommodation of Turaki as a PDP senator post May 2007.