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He Should’ve Led His Campaign – Tanko Yakassai Blasts Buhari’s Late Support For Tinubu

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Tanko Yakassai, a founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, denounced President Muhammadu Buhari’s late support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nominee, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday.

According to Yakassai, Buhari would not have won the 2015 presidential election without the backing of Tinubu, who rallied the South-West to his cause.

This was expressed by the elder statesman during an interview on Arise TV.

Yakassai believes Buhari should have led Tinubu’s presidential campaign from the start.

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He emphasized Buhari’s support from Tinubu and other South-west politicians during the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections.

The campaign began months ago, according to Yakassai, but President Buhari did not campaign for Tinubu until lately.

He said, “Before the final contest, Buhari contested elections three times and he failed. What is the source of his problem? It is in the southern part of the country. I understand his advisers told him to look for support from the South-west because of its affinity with the North in terms of culture, politics and religion.

“The president has ample time to come out and campaign for the presidential candidate of the party, who provided the opportunity, which he lost to become the president of Nigeria three times. I see no reason the president will come out at the tail of the campaign. If you look at it carefully, the president did not start mentioning the name of Tinubu until recently.

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“On previous occasions, he would go, raise his hands and sing the slogan of APC. That is all. I know my criticism of Buhari’s lukewarm attitude towards Tinubu’s presidential aspiration might force the president to change his mind.

“He did not support Tinubu early enough or he did not come out to support Tinubu early enough by mentioning his name, by asking voters to vote for him. He did not do that from the beginning of the campaign.”

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