FFK: Proud Of How I Stopped Tinubu As Buhari’s VP

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has disputed claims that Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo first raised objections to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s emergence as Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2015. He said that he was the first person to have raised objections, saying he was proud of how he stopped Tinubu as Buhari’s VP.

He spoke in reaction to reports at the weekend quoting former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola that Dr. Obasanjo was the one who derailed the bid by Tinubu to be Buhari’s running mate ahead of the 2015 election.

Oyinlola was quoted in an interview with Saturday Punch to have said: “The agreement was concealed from a good number of the party leaders until it surfaced after Buhari had got the ticket. Then the rumour came out and some us felt danger was looming with the idea of Muslim-Muslim ticket. To further add to our fears, General Buhari on one occasion said there was nothing wrong in the Muslim-Muslim presidential arrangement, saying after all he governed with Tunde Idiagbon.

“That statement made us to know it (the Muslim-Muslim idea) was a fact. On two occasions, Bola (Tinubu) mentioned it in my presence that they agreed. If you recall one trending video back then, where it was said that Buhari had jettisoned what they agreed on, that is the room he was sleeping when Buhari was looking for the post.

“We then told Baba (Obasanjo). We told him that taking power from an incumbent government was a tough task and we must not give room for excuses and miss the target. We told him they (Buhari and Tinubu) were thinking of a Muslim-Muslim ticket. That was when Baba (Obasanjo) said people should not take the sensibilities of Nigerians for granted.”

FFK Says He Is Proud Of How He Stopped Tinubu As Buhari’s VP

Reacting to this development, Fani-Kayode took to his Twitter account stating that he was the first person to kick against a Muslim-Muslim ticket and not Obasanjo.

He wrote: “OBJ prevented BAT from being Buhari’s running mate in 2015 by opppsing the Muslim/Muslim ticket”-Oyinlola

OBJ spoke against it but I was the first. I blew the whistle before anyone else. OBJ spoke only AFTER I wrote my essay warning about the dangers of a Muslim Muslim ticket.

“.We must not distort history. I am proud of the role played then and I did it for Nigeria and for my faith. A Muslim Muslim ticket in 2015 would have been a deep insult to Christians and it would have torn Nigeria apart.”

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