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By Seyi Babalola
Rotimi Amaechi, one of the African Democratic Congress’s (ADC) front-runners for president, has stated that he fought every battle that led to Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the 2015 election.
In an interview with Arise TV on Friday night, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation, refuted President Bola Tinubu’s assertion that he made late Buhari president.
Recall that, in the run-up to the 2023 election, Tinubu stated that he was influential in Buhari’s victory in 2015, and that it was now his turn.
However, Amaechi said though he was unable to counter Tinubu then because he did not want to jeopardize his membership of the Buhari cabinet, Tinubu did not say the truth.
He insisted that aside from being the Director General of Buhari’s campaign in 2014, he fought the battle that brought the former president into power.
He said, “When I was a minister, Tinubu was claiming he made Buhari president, and I couldn’t respond because that was suicidal. Buhari could have fired me because I was still serving as a minister.
“Tinubu didn’t make Buhari president. Not only that I was the DG of the campaign, everyone knows that I did all the battle, not Tinubu”.
