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As its December 2 scheduled presidential primaries draw near, feelers from the inner caucus of the All Progressives Congress(APC) indicate that former Lagos governor,Mr Bola Tinubu has taken General Muhammadu Buhari off his radar.
Tinubu has reportedly pitched his tent with the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives,Aminu Tambuwal who recently formalized his membership of the opposition party.
An informed source within the Tinubu caucus told NP that the Tambuwal project has become the latest cash cow for the Lion of Bourdillon.
“The speaker has been pouring cash into Bourdillon treasury of late in a very alarming rate.Except a major development occurs to alter the equation,it’s almost certain that Asowaju is going Tambuwal all the way” volunteered our source .
Tinubu started out flying the kite of a Buhari ticket with himself as his running mate .This was the carrot he dangled to Buhari in the well orchestrated plan to get him to surrender the CPC certificate to the electoral body.
Our source further revealed that when the APC project ,which unknown to many was the brainchild of the Chagourys, started ;it was clearly identified that the party would not fly in the North for as long as Buhari has a party .
” The idea was that Tinubu would promise support to Buhari and offer himself as his running mate to suck him in and down the line ask him that they should both sacrifice their ambitions for the greater good of the country.The truth however is that Asiwaju’s ambition is a ruse.He knows he cannot put his name on the ballot again in this country after his perjury case”
The first signal Tinubu gave of the unfolding of of his real agenda was when he tipped Prof Akin Osinbajo to replace him on the ticket ostensibly because of the red flag of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“He has however been saying lately that his recent survey shows that Buhari-Osinbajo ticket is too weak and won’t fly.He also said pairing Osinbajo wth Tambuwal his latest choice is also not weighty enough.His preference now is Tambuwal/Oshiomole ticket”
added our source.
Tinubu’s latest decision may put him at loggerheads with the APC “navigator”,General Olusegun Obasanjo who is rooting for Kwakwanso/Oyinlola ticket.The Lagos political kingpin himself had promised Kwankwanso the party’s ticket to the Kano state governor to sway his support for the installation of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano months back.
The pull out of Tinubu support for Buhari may be a major setback for the Daura strongman as it would be an anti-climax if his fourth presidential ambition failed to even get on the ballot.
Political pundits would argue though that it is an act of prime naivety for Buhari to ever countenance that a Tinubu would back him to be president of Nigeria.
How all this ends will put to test once more the opinion of the Turaki on the biggest dealer on the Nigerian political scene.
Atiku is quoted to have said “Tinubu is a slippery ground,anyone who steps on it would end up breaking his back”
