A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reacted to last week’s open letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo where he said President Muhammadu Buhari had failed Nigerians and should not seek re-election in 2019.
Tinubu said Obasanjo was merely playing politics with the letter and should have seen Buhari privately if he had anything to discuss with him.
The former Lagos State Governor made this known in an interview with journalists when he paid a courtesy visit to Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha at the Government House, Owerri on Friday.
Tinubu was accompanied on the visit by former Interim Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande.
He said, “They both had the same background. So, I believe that would have been the conversation of retired military heads of State.
“They have unfettered access to each other, either through the Council of State or via any other means. He could see the President privately.
“He (Obasanjo) was also his (Buhari) senior in the army. I think Obasanjo was playing politics with the public letter. That is all I see.
“They also met at the African Union meeting. He has a way of discussing with the President any time he wants.”
Tinubu also declined to comment on the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) backed by Obasanjo.
Speaking on the motivation for the visit, he said: “I am here to see a very good friend of mine, the governor, Owelle Okorocha, who happens to be the governor of APC state and then pay respect to the gentleman, nationalist, great leader of our generation.”