Saraki Reveals The Cause Of Disagreement Between Him And Tinubu
Bukola Saraki has knocked Bola Tinubu over his comment on why the former Senate President exited the APC.
According to reports, Saraki in a statement said Bola Tinubu began to dislike and work against him after he refused to support a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2014 .
He added that Tinubu also told him that he would rather support a Buhari on a hospital stretcher because after him, it is his turn to be President. Read his statement below :
I have always restrained from joining issues in the media with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and this is based on my respect for him.
The point of disagreement btw Tinubu & I is that while I expressed my worries that there’s nothing to assure me that the administrative style & attitude would change in the next four years in a manner that will enable us to deliver the positive changes we promised Nigerians,
he (Tinubu) expressed a strong opinion that he would rather ‘support a Buhari on the hospital stretcher’ to get a second term because in 2023, it will be his turn .😳🤭🤔
This viewpoint of Tinubu was not only expressed to me but to several of my colleagues. So much for acting in national interest.
It is clear that while my own decision is based on protecting the collective national interest, Tinubu will rather live with the identified inadequacies of BUHARI’s led administration for the sake of fulfilling and preserving his presidential ambition in 2023.
This new position of Tinubu has only demonstrated inconsistency — particularly when one reviews his antecedents over the years and what he claim to stand for.
Again, let me reiterate my position that my uncertain and complex relationship with Tinubu has been continually defined by the event of 2014 when myself and other leaders of the APC opposed the Muslim-Muslim ticket arrangement about to be foisted on the APC for the 2015 polls.
It should be noted that he has not forgotten the fact that I took the bull by the horns & told him that in the interest of the country, he should accept the need for the party to present a balanced ticket for the 2015 General Elections in terms of religion &geo-political zones.
Since that time he has been very active; plotting at every point to undermine me when I was in the National Assembly.
It should be known that Democracy is a system that allows people to freely make their choices.
It is my choice that I have decided to join others to present a viable alternative platform for Nigerians in the coming elections. Tinubu and leaders of the APC had better respect this decision or lawfully deal with it.
As for me, Allah gives power to whom He wishes. Human beings can only aspire and strive to fulfill their aspirations. So it’s not a do or die affair.
~Saraki, former Senate President
