Buhari Didn’t Trust Osinbajo, He also Worked Against Tinubu’s Ambition – Sule Lamido
A former governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido has opened up on events that came up before the last general elections, in which Bola Tinubu won to become the president of the country.
Lamido, in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, alleged that the immediate past president Muhammadu Buhari didn’t even trust his vice, Yemi Osinbajo and that the former leader of the country preferred Ahmad Lawan to either Osinbajo or Tinubu.
The former vice president picked up the nomination form of the All Progressives Congress, but the former president failed to openly declare support for his vice. He didn’t endorse the candidacy of anyone actually.
According to Lamido, Buhari wanted another northerner to take over from him.
“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 wasn’t the choice of Afenifere, Obasanjo never liked him, but he became president. All the other groups, including the governors, were there but he won. He was determined to demolish all obstacles and he crushed them.”
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