Presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that he was the one who ensured that Muhammadu Buhari became president and not President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking in an interview on Arise TV on Monday night, he countered claims made by Tinubu that he made the late Buhari president.
Recall that in the build-up to the 2023 election, Tinubu declared that he was instrumental in Buhari’s victory in 2015, declaring that it was his turn.
However, Amaechi argued that he was the one who fought the battles which brought Buhari to power in 2015.
The presidential aspirant said that though he was unable to counter Tinubu then because he did not want to jeopardise his membership of the Buhari cabinet, Tinubu did not tell the truth.
He insisted that, aside from being the Director General of Buhari’s campaign in 2014, he had fought the battle that brought the former president to power.
He said, “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”.