Former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has revealed the reasons alliance talks between President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, late Muhammadu Buhari, failed in 2011.
Speaking during an interview with political content creator,
Edmund Obilo, Mohammed said they did not agree on who should be the running
mate.
Recall that what formed the current All Progressives
Congress, APC, was the coalition of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, which
had President Tinubu and his team, All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, and
Congress for Progressives Change, CPC, which had Buhari and his supporters.
According to Lai Mohammed, late Buhari had already chosen
Pastor Tunde Bakare to be his running mate, which brought disagreement amongst
them.
“Now we in ACN argued powerfully that, look, we control six
states. You, CPC, control only one state. We are even ready to submit ourselves
to your platform and contest under the CPC.
“Use your colours and everything, and we’re asking of you
for only one thing, and you are not giving us? Our people will accuse us that
we have sold them out.
“On that point, we went out separate ways, and of course, we
both lost woefully again in 2011. By 2012, it became crystal clear to both
Tinubu and Buhari as that they needed one another,” Lai Mohammed said.
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