Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has revealed how he saved President Bola Tinubu’s political career.
Atiku stated this while reacting to the widely held position that the President Tinubu came to his rescue following his spat with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, leading to his contesting the presidential election on the platform of Action Congress in 2007.
“Truth be told, it was Tinubu that actually benefited immensely from Atiku’s goodwill. But for Atiku’s support, hinged on his pro-democracy instincts and rule of law, Tinubu’s tenure as governor of Lagos would have been rough with a wide possibility of termination of his political career. “Shettima needs to be reminded that Atiku did not run under the Action Congress of Nigeria , but Action Congress . AC came out of a coalition of ACD , formed by mainly PDM members and other associates and Tinubu’s faction of AD.”
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