Video: Without Me, Buhari Would Not be President – Bola Tinubu
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 2023 presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has dignified his role in election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Tinubu made the comment on Thursday while APC delegates in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
“If not for me that stood behind Buhari, he wouldn’t have become the President. He tried the first time, he failed. The second time, he failed. The third, he failed,” Tinubu, one of the frontline aspirants for the APC presidential ticket, told the delegates.
“He even wept on national television and vowed never to contest again but I went to meet him in Kaduna and told him he will run again, I will stand by you and you will win, but you must not joke with Yorubas and he agreed.”
The former governor of Lagos State said since Buhari became President, he has not benefited anything from him.
“Since he became the President, I have never gotten ministerial slots,” he said. “I didn’t collect any contract, I have never begged for anything from him. It is the turn of Yoruba, it is my turn.”
