I Made Buhari President Comment – Tinubu
YORUBA Elders, defended Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over comments that he deployed his political machinery to make General Muhammadu Buhari president of the country in 2015, saying the politician spoke out of anger.
General Secretary of the Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, Dr Kunle Olajide, Dr Olajide said: “He (Tinubu) expressed his opinion which he has a right to. But those of us outside their circle cannot know the veracity of his facts but I can imagine that he played a lot of role in ensuring that the present administration came to be. There is no doubt about that, he was influential in ensuring that we had what we have now. He played a lot of role and we should credit him with the roles he played. To me, it was not out of place but he did that a little bit out of provocation.”
Leader of the Pan-Yoruba Socio-Political Organization, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, said he was not surprised by Tinubu’s remarks. “At this stage, I won’t react until after they have done their election. I won’t take part in the rigmarole between him and Buhari. I have warned him and Yemi (Osinbajo) to leave the APC. There is nothing that is happening that I am surprised about. If you will be honest, what is happening that I have not told you? When he came to me, I told him that Buhari was mocking and deceiving him and he is deceiving Buhari. There is nothing that is happening that surprises me, it is left for him to do the needful,” he said
However, former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, flayed Tinubu for the comment.
Asiwaju Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, and a front line presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, reportedly said that he influenced Buhari’s emergence as president while addressing APC delegates in Ogun State, on Thursday. He also disclosed how he had to forgo the Vice Presidency for Professor Yemi Osinbajo to emerge.
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