Nigeria’s Presidency: Lamido Reels Intricate Details On Buhari, Tinubu Osinbajo
The former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has explained some facts leading to the emergence of President’s Tinubu as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the role played by former president, Muhammadu Buhari and Buhari’s intentions towards former vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo.
Lamido, in a conversation with Tribune said former President Muhammadu Buhari never wanted President Bola Tinubu to succeed him as he did not also trust his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to succeed him.
The ex- Jigawa governor disclosed that Buhari preferred ex-Senate President Ahmed Lawan, instead.
He noted that Tinubu against all odds owed his emergence as President to nobody because he was a very daring and self-made man.
“Prior to the convention, he (Tinubu) was in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he boasted that it was his turn to rule Nigeria. And Buhari, very naive, was watching. He never liked Tinubu. There was somebody he wanted.
“He didn’t even trust his own vice president, Professor (Yemi) Osinbajo; he wanted Ahmed Lawan, but his calculation was absurd. You have done eight years for the North and you wanted another Northerner for another eight years?! No. Maybe later but there are some dynamics which you can’t alter, not in Nigeria of today.
“The president of Nigeria, after being in office for eight years, lacked the courage to push through his anointed choice. He was there at the convention and Tinubu that he never liked, he never believed in emerged. Tinubu knows that his victory wasn’t from Buhari, therefore, he owes him nothing.” He said.
Recall that before the 2015 presidential election, there were insinuations that Buhari was against Tinubu’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Following these insinuations was
the redesign of the naira by some top officials of Buhari’s administration, which caused artificial fuel scarcity seemingly to stop Nigerians from voting for Tinubu.
This led to Tinubu’s declaration of
“Emi Lokan,” meaning its my turn.
during one of his campaigns.
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