By Akinwale Kasali
Rotimi Amaechi, Presidential Aspirant under the banner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has publicly debunked the long-held belief that President Bola Tinubu was instrumental to late Muhammadu Buhari’s victory as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015.
The former Minister of Transportation claimed that he fought all the battles that gave Buhari victory in the 2015 Presidential Election.
He made this claim during an interview with Arise TV on Friday night, and insisted that he was the one who fought all the battles for Buhari’s victory President in 2015, not Tinubu.
It will be recalled that in the build up to the 2023 Presidential Election, the former two-term Lagos State Governor had openly stated that he made Buhari the President after the late President had failed to achieve the feat on four occasion.
Amaechi stated that it took him this long to conteadict Tinubu because then, he did not want to jeopardize his membership of the Buhari cabinet, claiming that Tinubu lied on this issue.
He insisted that aside from being the Director General of Buhari’s campaign in 2014, he fought the battle that brought the former president into power.
Amaechi: “When I was a Minister, Tinubu was claiming he made Buhari President, and I couldn’t respond because that was suicidal. Buhari could have fired me because I was still serving as a minister.
“Tinubu didn’t make Buhari president. Not only that I was the DG of the campaign, everyone knows that I did all the battle, not Tinubu”.
Recall that in the 2023 Presidential Primary of the APC, Amaechi had competed as an aspirant alongside Tinubu, and never stepped down for him, nor withdrew from the race like Ibikunle Amosun, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole and others.
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