Presidency: It’s Yoruba’s turn, says Tinubu
Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has revealed that it is not only the turn of the South West to produce Nigeria's next president but that he is the one, who should be the next Nigerian leader.
Tinubu spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday.
Speaking with delegates of the All Progressives Congress, he revealed his role in the emergence of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He said, “If not for me that led the war front, Buhari won’t have emerged. He contested first, second and third times, but lost. He even said on television that he won’t contest again.
“But I went to his home in Kaduna, I told him you would run. This is not a matter of tears. I will stand with you and you will win but you won’t joke with the matters of the Yorubas.
“Since he has emerged I have not been appointed Minister. I didn’t get nor request a contract. This time, it’s Yoruba's turn and in Yorubaland, it’s my turn.”
The national leader was accompanied to Ogun State by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Kano State counterpart, Umar Ganduje, and former Borno State governor, Kasim Shettima.
He also noted that he made Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.,) the president and nominated Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate in 2015.
Tinubu also said without God and him, the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, would not have emerged as an APC candidate and the eventual winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state.
Referring to Abiodun in his remarks, Tinubu said, “This one sitting behind me here could not have become governor without me. We were at the stadium, they tore all his posters. Even the party flag, they didn’t want to hand over it to him.
“If he wants to meet God at the right place, he must know that without God and me, he would not have become governor.”
He added, “Since the time we started with the Action Congress, Action Congress of Nigeria, and now the All Progressives Congress, I wanted to contest for president that time.
“This is me telling you between me and God Almighty, Buhari called me to be his Vice President. He said because the first time he contested, he picked (Dr Chuba) Okadigbo, flamboyant, Catholic, but Nigerians didn’t vote for him.”
Credit: The Punch