April 4, 2025

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Khadija Okunu-Lamidi

2023: SDP disqualifies Okunu-Lamidi from presidential race

By Sunday Ihechukwu
A frontline Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential aspirant, Khadija Okunu-Lamidi has been disqualified from the contest.
She was subsequently advised and encouraged to go for such other positions as the local government chairman, member of the state House of Assembly and that of the National Assembly.
Until her disqualification, the daughter of a Federal Commissioner of works, was among four aspirants competing to fly the party’s flag in 2023 presidential elections.
A 2011 graduate, Okunu-Lamidi according to her party, was disqualified because she lacked the needed experience for such an exalted position, even as the party acknowledged her potentials to hold cabinet office if the party wins the 2023 presidential elections.
“She exudes confidence, high communication skills, pleasant personality, charismatic, enthusiastic, but she is, however, limited by experience.
” She is not a president