Former Lagos State Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has stated that he was offered the chance to be the party’s vice-presidential candidate but he turned it down.
Earlier reports had it that the APC leader was gunning for the position of running mate to Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari but Tinubu has said that he stepped aside because of his love for Nigeria.
Tinubu revealed this in a press statement released yesterday, December 17. It reads:
“I
am a Nigerian who loves his country and am hopeful about what it can
become. I have seen and conducted myself as a patriot long before I
thought of myself as a politician. I shall always walk this line and no
other.”
“After all the political
calculations are made and the dust of competition has settled, it must
be this nation and its people who stand first and foremost. The question
becomes whether we stand strong, able to shape ourselves into our best
future or will we stand frail and trembling, burdened by the abject
failure to surmount the multiple problems confronting us.”
“Nothing
is more important to me than to realize this dream not for myself but
for the people of this land I so love…I helped to build this party,
giving no thought to seeking an elected office because of it. My
contribution to the party was never based on the expectation of a later
political handout. Nigeria is in trouble and we are well past the moment
for such narrow, selfish games,” Tinubu said.
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