Contrary to the statement made by Senator Babafemi Ojudu that President Buhari didn’t not support President Tinubu, but was outsmarted by him, Osita Okechukwu, former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) has debunked what he termed “misinformation.”
Okechukwu said Ojudu’s so called disclosure was less than factual, that the true position was that, “Yes there was split opinion on whether to support Tinubu or not and Buhari sided with the camp led by then Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, quoting the Holy Quran that he cannot ditch the man who stood by him through thick and thin.
“Rather let the delegates elect whoever is their choice at Eagle Square.”
Reminded that Ojudu was then the political adviser and knows the inner workings of the Aso Villa more than him, Okechukwu maintained that there was division in the Buhari’s kitchen cabinet immediately after the Screening Committee headed by former chairman of APC, John Oyegun was submitted.
The argument centered on whether some of the twenty three presidential aspirants including Tinubu should be disqualified following plethora of allegations flying around.
He said the only truth in Ojudu’s statement is that Buhari didn’t mobilise for any of the twenty three aspirants not even for Senator Ahmed Lawan.
“Truly if Buhari was in support of Lawan he could have disclosed this to the APC Governors Forum who prodded him serially to tell them who to vote for. It couldn’t had been the then national chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu to inform only the National Working Committee. The Aso Villa is the arena for such important message.” Okechukwu retorted.
