Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, revealed on Sunday that some people wanted President Muhammadu Buhari to support one of the party’s candidates for president, but he declined.
Tinubu, in a statement issued Sunday by his Media Office and signed by Tunde Rahman, stated that despite the pressure from various individuals, Buhari refused to back any aspirant but rather insisted that all the aspirants must be allowed to go to the field.
The APC flag bearer argued that the role played by the President and northern governors proved to him that Nigeria can survive its unity and challenges.
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According to Anaedoonline.ng, the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, declared Dr. Ahmed Lawan, President of the Senate, as the party’s nominee during a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), a day before the party’s presidential primary.
Other NWC members and northern APC governors urged that all presidential candidates must be let to enter the field, though.
Speaking to the Afenifere leaders on Sunday in Akure at Pa Reuben Fasoranti’s house, Tinubu praised President Buhari for standing by his convictions despite pressure from others to do differently.
The former Lagos Governor admitted that at one point he was perplexed by the various rumors that were spreading to him.
He said, “The North proved to me Nigeria can survive its unity. Some people want President Muhammadu Buhari to announce someone but the President said No. He insisted the process must go on democratically.
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“The President said anyone that would mess up the APC process would see the other side of his eyes. He remained upright and saw the process to the end.
“Northern APC Governors resolved that the Presidency must go to the South and especially South West. Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Abdullahi Ganduje and others supported me to the end. The battle was tough and at a point, I was in doubt. There were many rumours and I became confused about what to believe.
The battle was tough and at one point I was in doubt. There were many rumours and I became confused about what to believe.”
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