BOOK LAUNCH: Tinubu didn’t make Buhari president in 2015 – Boss Mustapha
By KEMI KASUMU
“How could somebody who made Buhari president resort to crying ‘Emilokan’ when he became agitated seeing that, despite his self acclaimed national leader of the party, he was not going to be made president?”
Immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has dismissed claims that tend to present the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as making Buhari president in 2015.
Mustapha, a pastor from North East Nigeria extractions, made this dismissal while speaking at unveiling of the book, “According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience,” written by Mallam Garba Shehu.
The former SGF said Buhari already had 12 million existing votes and that the merger of the legacy parties merely contributed three million votes.
By this statement on Wednesday, Mustapha has finally nailed the claims of both Tinubu and his supporters about making Buhari president, with a particular respondent saying, “How could somebody who made Buhari president resort to crying ‘Emilokan’ when he became agitated seeing that, despite his self acclaimed national leader of the party, he was not going to be made president?
“Now Nasir El-Rufai made enemies for pulling out of Amaechi camp to work hard to make Tinubu president but what did he get in the end? Betrayal. But who do Tinubu and his supporters tag betrayal? The same El-Rufai. Well, like you said of Boss Mustapha, we now know who the real betrayal is, definitely not El-Rufai,” he said.
In a post on her verified Facebook page, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social and Digital Media, Lauretta Onochie, corroborated Boss Mustapha.
“I said it. They tried to rewrite history. The Boss and I are from ACN. Not CPC. But we will always speak the truth.
“Buhari — 12 million Votes. Tinubu & others — 3 million Votes. Do the Maths.
“God bless Nigeria, she said.
Recall that in 2022 when the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was preparing for its presidential primary, Tinubu in Abeokuta declared unequivocally that he made Buhari the President of Nigeria and nominated three persons including Professor Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate
Tinubu said he, as a man without bring in government, also made Dapo Abiodun elected as governor of Ogun State, soaking in Yoruba, “And Eleyi (this), could he have become Governor without me?”, Tinubu said then adding that “Emi lo kan (It is my turn)”.
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