A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, has accused ex-President Muhammadu Buhari of not wanting President Bola Tinubu to succeed him.
Galadima also stated that Buhari caused a sub committee to be formed to review the All Progressives Congress, APC, constitution so that he wouldnât be a member of the Board of Trustees of the party.
In an interview, Galadima claimed that Tinubu then saw through the plan of Buhari and didnât implement the history directive.
According to the NNPP chieftain, it was open that Buhari never wanted Tinubu to succeed him.
He claimed that Tinubu himself was aware of Buhariâs antics but him being magnanimous as a statesman did not want to talk about it.
He said: âLet me tell you what Tinubu did to me. In APC constitution, the secretaries of the parties, CPC, ACN, merging should be members of the BOTs, National Working Committee, NWC, because of the institutional memory.
âWhen Buhari saw me, he said he didnât want to see me anywhere. He now caused a sub committee to be formed to reinvigorate the constitution. He appointed President Bola Tinubu as the chairman of that committee.
âTinubu saw into what Buhari was trying to do. As I speak to you, the committee has not sat, it hasnât submitted any report, and the constitution has not been amended. And that was part of why even Buhari never wanted him to be the president â because he refused to take me out.
âFor the past 12 years, the BOT of All Progressives Congress, APC, hasnât sat. And NWC only sat two or three times during the administration of Buhari. They never wanted to see me, thatâs why I left.
When asked again about Buhari not wanting Tinubu to succeed him, he said, âIs there anybody who doesnât know? Tinubu himself knows. Because heâs being magnanimous as a statesman, he doesnât want to say his mindâ.
