By Seyi Babalola
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari never wanted President Bola Tinubu to replace him.
Lamido further stated that Buhari never trusted his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, to replace him and that the former President preferred ex-Senate President Ahmed Lawan.
Lamido went on to say that Tinubu owed nothing to anyone for becoming President since he was a courageous and self-made man.
Speaking with Tribune, Lamido said: “Prior to the convention, he (Tinubu) was in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he boasted that it was his turn to rule Nigeria. And Buhari, very naive, was watching. He never liked Tinubu. There was somebody he wanted.
“He didn’t even trust his own vice president, Professor (Yemi) Osinbajo; he wanted Ahmed Lawan, but his calculation was absurd. You have done eight years for the North and you wanted another Northerner for another eight years?! No. Maybe later but there are some dynamics which you can’t alter, not in Nigeria of today.
“The president of Nigeria, after being in office for eight years, lacked the courage to push through his anointed choice. He was there at the convention and Tinubu that he never liked, he never believed in emerged. Tinubu knows that his victory wasn’t from Buhari, therefore, he owes him nothing.”
