Buhari didn’t want Tinubu as President, never trusted Osinbajo – Sule Lamido

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has claimed that former President Muhammadu Buhari did not want President Bola Tinubu to be his successor. Lamido also stated that Buhari did not trust his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, to succeed him, instead favoring former Senate President Ahmed Lawan.

Additionally, Lamido emphasized that Tinubu’s rise to the presidency was due to his own boldness and self-made nature, suggesting he owed his position to no one.

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.”