2023 Presidency: "How I Saved Atiku from Being Roasted Like Goat by Obasanjo", Tinubu

2023 Presidency: "How I Saved Atiku from Being Roasted Like Goat by Obasanjo", Tinubu

  • Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made a serious allegation against Olusegun Obasanjo in connection with Atiku Abubakar
  • Tinubu on Monday, January 30, claimed that Obasanjo had it in mind to roast the PDP's presidential candidate
  • However, Tinubu boasted that he intervened, came to Atiku's rescue, and rehabilitated him in Lagos state

Uyo, Akwa Ibom - The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has projected himself as the messiah of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s flagbearer.

During his presidential campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital, on Monday, January 30, Tinubu claimed that at a time former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost dealt ruthlessly with Atiku, if not for his intervention.

Tinubu, Obasanjo, Atiku
Tinubu said he was the one who saved Atiku from Obasanjo's scheme against him (Photo: @tsg2023, @Oolusegun_obj, @atiku)
Source: Twitter

Tinubu who alleged that at the time Atiku fled to Dubai, stated that the former vice president returned, was rehabilitated in Lagos, and resurfaced during the 2015 general election with stomach infrastructure, Vanguard reports.

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He boasted:

“They don’t have a mandate; what they have is ice cream. It has melted. I am the one that rescued him from Obasanjo who wanted to roast him like goat meat.
“He ran away to Dubai, and when the election came again, he came for stomach infrastructure. He came to Lagos. We rehabilitated him and gave him a ticket but he wasted it and used it to collect money.
“He faced Obasanjo, faced Buhari and failed. He failed with Jonathan. He failed in all his subjects."

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Atiku made the declaration in a statement by his special assistant on public communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Monday, January 30.

The former vice president lamented that what started as a comic relief is slowly becoming a tragedy.

Also, on his Twitter page, Shaibu complained that Tinubu's gaffes are a threat to national security.

Source: Legit.ng

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