The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria, Mr Osita Okechukwu, says there was no agreement to makethe national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the running mate of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. A former interim National Chairman of APC, Bisi Akande, had claimed in his book, ‘My Participations’, that Buhari in 2014 promised to make Tinubu his running mate in exchange for his support at the APC primaries. Akande wrote that Buhari reneged on his promise after some governors raised objections. “All I know is that there was a raging debate on the proprietary of Muslim/Muslim ticket as to whether it can guarantee the victory of the APC at the 2015 presidential election. “This was what to the best of my knowledge which denied Tinubu the Vice Presidential slot and not the scanty insinuation of breach of the agreement.

Source: Punch December 19, 2021 23:00 UTC