How Ngige begged Tinubu for a car in 2004 - Ex-aide, Akunna reveals - Daily Post Nigeria

How Ngige begged Tinubu for a car in 2004 – Ex-aide, Akunna reveals

The ex-aide, Chuks Akunna’s disclosure is coming at a time when Ngige compared himself to Tinubu.

The Minister had while appearing before an ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives, told a lawmaker, James Faleke that he was “Tinubu’s mate.”However, Akunna in a social media rant disclosed that Ngige during his tenure as the governor of Anambra State had begged Tinubu for an armoured car in 2004.Akunna claimed it was Tinubu’s car gift that prompted Ngige to later acquire another armoured vehicle.

In a tweet, Akunna wrote: “In ’04, visiting Asiwaju Tinubu in Lagos, my boss Gov Ngige spotted this car. “Bola, pls dash me. I want to use it in Abuja”. “Ah ah! Ngige, this is old nah”, replied Asiwaju. “I don’t mind. Anambra is poor. I’ll manage it”. Surprised to hear Onwa deriding his benefactor.“Did you know how the G-wagon came about? The Lagos trip happened after we literally begged him to buy it. The beast Tinubu gifted him was moved to Abuja.

“His official car was a Peugeot 406. After the March 3, ’04, attack on Gov Akume’s convoy, in which an ex-Nig Airways MD Andrew Agom, was killed, my boss agreed to buy the armoured G-Class. It was after the purchase he fell in love with armoured cars. Jagaban’s gift was armoured.”

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