Why I Will Never Contest Against Buhari – Tinubu

 Why I Will Never Contest Against Buhari – Tinubu

National Leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he would never contest any election against President Muhammadu Buhari.

He also stated that he would never support anyone who contest against him.

It will be recalled that the former Governor of Lagos had, during the inauguration ceremony of Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu said that he wouldn’t ‘brush aside’ possibility of running for the office of the President.

Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, said he was not planning to run for president in 2019, as reported in some sections of the media.

The statement reads: “This scam will fail. Asiwaju supports and stands behind President Buhari. He wishes the President well and that he returns soon. Whether the President is here or away, he has the full loyalty of Asiwaju Tinubu.

“President Buhari can rest assured on this point: Asiwaju Tinubu will never contest against him nor will he support anyone who does.  Asiwaju is acknowledged to be the intellectual father and the driving force behind the APC. It makes no sense that he would abandon the party that he worked hard to build in order to enter the dilapidated building the PDP has become.

“Asiwaju worked for over 16 years to break the PDP yoke on the nation. After breaking that yoke, it is not in his nature to voluntarily place it back on our necks. Anyone who has followed his career, even his staunchest critics, knows Asiwaju for his partisan consistency.

“He is not a party hopper. He is loyal and sticks with the party to which he belongs. After fighting for so many years to elevate his party to the position of national leadership, he would not give that away in order to join with those who blame him for their currently bleak political circumstance.

“Moreover, if you really listen to his words, Asiwaju did not mention any office or any time-frame. The conditions he mentioned may not become ripe for years to come and they might not pertain to the Presidency. In effect, all Asiwaju said was the position that any political figure would hold.

“As a politician, he cannot preclude the possibility of running for office in the future because no man knows what the future will hold. To translate this general statement of political reality into a tale that he is actively preparing for a 2019 presidential run is reckless in the extreme.”