Tinubu is daring, manipulated Nigeria's political system to become president- Lamido
PAMELA EBOH
A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has described President Bola Tinubu as a very daring and adept politician, who manipulated the country’s political system and became president despite stiff opposition.
Lamido, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disclosed this during an interview with the Nigerian Tribune.
According to the former Jigawa state governor, Tinubu “was adept at studying the Nigerian political system and manipulating it. He exploited it and he did it well.”
He said prior to the All Progressives Party (APC), 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