The Chairman of Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Buba Galadima has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari rejected an alliance with former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, before he was prevailed upon to go into the alliance that brought about the APC.
He made this known in an interview with The Interview owned by veteran journalist, Azu Ishiekwene.
Galadima further claimed that he rejected Buhari’s decision to pick Founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare as his running mate ahead of the 2015 and picked Pastor Yemi Osinbajo instead.
He said, “Buhari was the one who was against the alliance with Tinubu and I don’t want to say anything. Let Buhari deny what I have said. I was for it and I organised it and I wrote a memo and even produced a candidate for the Vice-Presidency, this same Osinbajo.
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“We were a committee of three: Osinbajo, Sule Hamma and me. Sule Hamma promoted the alliance more than anybody else. It was Buhari that refused. Let him deny before us and we will show him. Whenever you see him, ask him why Buba Galadima said he wouldn’t sign INEC’s form with Tunde Bakare’s name.
“I don’t want to say much. Buhari cannot challenge all these things we are saying.”
Ruling out ulterior motive from his disagreement with the president, Galadima stated: “There are no differences between Buhari and me. My daughter visits him in the Villa. He gave out my daughter in marriage. Her first child was named after him. What we are doing is on the basis of principles.”
Also, Galadima said Buhari should solely take the blame for the misdeeds of his government, and not his cousin, Mamman Daura or Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.
The R-APC chairman said, “I don’t believe in any inner circle. The buck stops on Buhari’s table. If Buhari says he doesn’t want to see Mamman Daura or Abba Kyari or any other person, they will not spend two seconds in the Villa.
“So, if there is any inadequacy or shortcoming, it should be that of the President, not an aide. After all, they can only advise. They can’t force his hand. For example, the Nigerian ambassador was in Israel and was said to have attended the official opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.
“And there was this huge outcry by all Nigerians because this is counter to Nigeria’s policy on Israel. Buhari said he would investigate. Now it has been three months. Where is the result of the investigation?”