Buhari never wanted Tinubu to emerge as APC presidential candidate- Sule Lamido

Foemer governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, says the choice of former President Muhammadu Buhari in the last presidential primary election was not Asiwaju Tinubu.

Rather, Lamido said Mr Buhari had wanted the former Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to succeed him.

Lamido, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, disclosed this during an interview with the Nigerian Tribune.

He said,” Prior to the All Progressives Party, APC, 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, emerged.

“Tinubu knows that his victory wasn’t from Buhari, therefore, he owes him nothing.”

Lamido, however, described President Tinubu as a very daring and adept politician, who manipulated the country’s political system and became president despite stiff opposition.