The reasons why coalition negotiations between President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, the late Muhammadu Buhari, failed in 2011 have been disclosed by former Minister of Information Lai Mohammed.
In an interview with political content creator Edmund Obilo, Mohammed stated that they couldn’t agree on the running mate.
Recall that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which included President Tinubu and his team, the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), and the Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), which included Buhari and his allies, became the current All Progressives Congress (APC).
Lai Mohammed claims that there was conflict between them since the late Buhari had already selected Pastor Tunde Bakare to be his running mate.
“Now, we in ACN made a strong case that, look, we have control over six states.” Only one state is under your authority, CPC. We are even prepared to compete under the CPC and subject ourselves to your platform.
“Use your colors and everything, but you are refusing to give us the one thing we are requesting? We shall be accused by our people of selling them away.
We parted ways over that issue, and naturally, we both suffered terrible defeats in 2011. By 2012, Tinubu and Buhari realized how much they needed each other, according to Lai Mohammed.
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