Amaechi: ‘Tinubu didn’t make Buhari President’ – Eze makes strong revelation

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Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied allegations that Bola Tinubu was the driving force behind the political alliance that gave former President Muhammadu Buhari the victory in the 2015 election.

Eze replied in response to a statement attributed to Temitope Ajayi, President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity.

Eze, a member of the APC Legacy Media Team, said in a statement on Tuesday that the “erroneous impression” needed to be corrected.

“The fact that the insensitive sponsored statement gained traction in the media space makes this rebuttal imperative,” he said.

“I don’t intend to join issues with Ajayi, but to demount the falsehood he intend to establish in the congregation of the reading public.”

Recall that Tinubu’s aide stated in a post on his social media account that Buhari lost the presidential elections in 2003, 2007, and 2011 before 2015, despite having his “12 million captive Northern votes”

“General Buhari would not have won the APC primary election at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, in 2014, without President Tinubu, who mobilised the APC governors and the South West delegates to move Buhari’s way,” Ajayi stated.

The presidential aide’s statement, however, was criticized by Eze, who called it “a figment of his infantile imagination.”

“Ajayi’s insinuation is a fairy tale, a false narrative that should be disconnected by right thinking Nigerians.

“Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, the former Governor of Rivers State remains an undisputed factor in the history book of top brass Nigerians that worked towards the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the eventual winner at the presidential polls.

“As a matter of fact, aside from becoming the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign, where he mobilized Nigerians to deliver Buhari during the elections, Barr. Amaechi raised funds that saw the election of Buhari as the APC Presidential candidate.

“On the eve of the Primaries, Buhari was at the verge of losing until Amaechi stepped in to save the situation.

“At least, the former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, as an insider in most of APC activities should understand what he was saying about how Buhari became the President of Nigeria.

“I cannot remember seeing Temitope Ajayi, near APC activities during both the 2014 Presidential Primaries that elected Buhari as the APC Presidential candidate for him to know who made Buhari President or who contributed more in his emergence,* Eze stated.

According to the APC chieftain, Tinubu had planned to end Buhari’s triumph if he wasn’t selected as the running mate.

He clarified that Amaechi and a few others opposed Tinubu’s opposition on the grounds that it would be dangerous to run against the PDP at the time on a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“That was how Osinbanjo was drafted into the map. And ever since then, Tinubu has always seen Amaechi as an adversary.

“Since then, Tinubu has not forgiven Amaechi for denying him this dream of becoming the Vice President of Nigeria; and set himself to ensure the decimation of Amaechi politically, with the feeling that Amaechi will become a stumbling block to his presidential ambition in future,” Eze said.

Eze continued by saying that as a result of the development, Tinubu made sure Amaechi was not appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation or Chief of Staff to Buhari, roles he claimed were reserved for Amaechi following his successful midwifery of Buhari’s election as Nigeria’s president.

“Ajayi has lost memory, if not, why did he forget so soon that Amaechi, as the Campaign Director General of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation defeated a sitting President?”

Eze claims that Tinubu was compelled to refer to Amaechi as “the General of Revolution” and that he is “not a chicken but Eagle” because of his involvement in guaranteeing Buhari’s election despite all odds.

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