Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), says he “rescued” Atiku Abubakar from former
President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Abubakar, former vice-president and now standard-bearer of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had a running battle with his former
principal for years.
Both men reconciled in the build-up to the 2019 general
election.
Obasanjo also endorsed Abubakar for the presidency during
the 2019 polls, saying that he was better than incumbent President Muhammadu
Buhari.
However, for the 2023 presidential election, Obasanjo has
since thrown his weight behind Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).
Speaking on Monday at a campaign rally in Uyo, capital city
of Akwa Ibom, the former governor of Lagos said Abubakar and his party are just
about “stomach infrastructure”.
“They don’t have a mandate; what they have is ice cream. It
has melted. I am the one that rescued him from Obasanjo who wanted to roast him
like goat meat,” he said.
“He ran away to
Dubai, and when the election came again, he came for stomach infrastructure. He
came to Lagos. We rehabilitated him and gave him a ticket but he wasted it and
used it to collect money.
“He faced Obasanjo, faced Buhari and failed. He failed with
Jonathan. He failed in all his subjects.
“You better watch him before he starts selling the little
palm trees that you have left. What we need to do is to develop our country. We
have enough gas reservoirs on our land.
“Akwa Ibom, you will not suffer again. That boy [Emmanuel
Udom] that brought Atiku here, that calls himself governor, tell him enough is
enough. He lived in my backyard in Lagos. If not that we are one, I’d have
driven him home.”
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Mr Nice guy! Arrogance nd pride no fit leave u.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that you always talks about people you have help. Everybody in the political System Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu have helped them all, Even the Man in power Na you put am for Aso rock so na your turn to Rule Nigeria Abi.
ReplyDeleteCan't he give us his manifesto rather this kind stuff word
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