Former President Muhammadu Buhari is in the social media spotlight as he trends number 1 on the microblogging app, X.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
He claimed the number one spot on the app after the recent revelation by the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido.
Lamido, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during an interview with the Nigerian Tribune said the former president never wanted Bola Tinubu to succeed him as president.
According to him, Buhari’s preferred choice was then Senate President Ahmed Lawan.
“Prior to the All Progressives Party (APC) convention, he (Tinubu) was in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he boasted that it was his turn to rule Nigeria. And Buhari, very naive, was watching. He never liked Tinubu. There was somebody he wanted. He didn’t even trust his own vice president, Professor (Yemi) Osinbajo; he wanted Ahmed Lawan, but his calculation was absurd,” he said in the interview.
He described President Bola Tinubu as a very daring and adept politician who manipulated the country’s political system and became president despite stiff opposition.
Muhammadu Buhari served as Nigeria’s president under the All Progressives Congress (APC) from May 29, 2015, to May 29, 2023. His tenure was rocked by several challenges that affected the economy, security of some parts of the country, police brutality, and inflation.
See how Nigerians reacted
One X user @vincentchidi6 wrote: “2hBuhari made himself minister of petroleum, Tulumbu did the same. Being president is not enough for them. All these happen to the detriment of the people. It’s sad.”
Another user @Shehusky wrote: “Tinubu is the biggest political mistake of Northern Nigeria aside Buhari. Religious bigotry led to this calamity. The North is politically dumb”
@borie_nla said: “Today some people are blaming Tinubu for this when it clearly happened under Buhari and in the FCT, this was 2016, herders and bandits keep killing farmers, extorting them and you think your food prices won’t spike. Dey Play”
@MoscoIbhas wrote: “I still recall how Buhari looked like someone suffering from kwashiorkor when he first came to power in 2015. The look of his skin now is an aide-memoire why Nigerian politicians only see politics as a hurtle to eat, loot and not to serve the masses.”
@NGSentinel01 wrote: “And they were together for 8 years”
@Isthisjohnson_ wrote: “Na wah, If Buhari no trust dem, e mean say na serious matter wey dey ground! Maybe dem fit just dey play ‘who go carry the crown’ like say na game show!”
