Olusegun Ariyo
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said former President Muhammadu Buhari never trusted his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo who was his vice succeeding while the incumbent, President Tinubu was not his choice succeeding him but rather wanted the former senate President, Ahmed Lawan To succeed him
Lamido further noted that Tinubu owed his emergence as President to nobody because he was a very daring and self-made man.
Speaking with Tribune, Lamido said: “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.”
Prior to the 2015 presidential election, there were insinuations that Buhari was against Tinubu’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Some top officials of Buhari’s administration had come up with the redesign of the naira and caused artificial fuel scarcity in a bid to stop Nigerians from voting for Tinubu.
Aggrieved by the move, Tinubu had during one of his campaigns declared “Emi Lokan,” meaning its my turn.
