Senator Kashim Shettima, a former Governor of Borno State, has said that one of the leading presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stood firmly with President Muhammadu Buhari even when his own people denied him prior to the 2015 elections.
Shettima made this revelation during an interview on Channels TV on Friday.
The former governor was reacting to the recent comment attributed to Tinubu.
Recall that Tinubu had during his visit to Ogun State, told delegates of the party in the state that, Buhari would not have won the 2015 election, without him, Tinubu.
Shettima said, “If we can go down memory lane, their relationship transcends 2015. it started quite earlier. He made an attempt at a marriage even in 2011 election.
“But prior to the 2013/2014 and subsequent presentation of Muhammadu Buhari, a famous traditional ruler from Northern Nigeria led his own team and went to Asiwaju in Lagos and told him not in our name; he (Buhari) does not represent us.
“A group of retired generals equally approached Asiwaju and told him not in their name. This is not our candidate. So also the northern establishment, a professor led the team and disowned President Buhari.
“And to add insult to the injury was a delegation from Katsina that disowned the president and said he was not their anointed candidate.”
He added that without the block votes from Tinubu’s south western region, during the presidential primary in Lagos that year, President Buhari would not have won the ticket of the party, not to talk of winning the general election.