A former Lagos State
Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday said he sacrificed his presidential
ambition for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu stated this
while addressing a crowd of APC supporters at the party’s presidential rally in
Lagos.
He said Nigeria was
facing an economic crisis and an internal war and needed a person with Buhari’s
experience because of the General’s reputation of anti-corruption and military
warfare.
Tinubu said, “People
define patriotism as putting the country first but this is what the ‘Poverty
Development Party’ refuses to understand. We chose Buhari not because Bola
Tinubu is not interested in the Presidency. I am capable, competent, qualified,
younger and richer but there comes a time that people must make sacrifices for
their nation.
“I prayed that Nigeria
would get better and we would not need a man like him (Buhari). But today, we
are in a great crisis; we face a lot of challenges. When South Africa was in a
great dilemma and was about to disintegrate, they called Nelson Mandela of 74
years old.
“He used his wisdom to
save his country. When the United States was in economic depression, they
called 73-year-old Ronald Reagan because he was frugal and incorruptible.
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