what it takes to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in any political
platform.
The Governor said that if he wanted to remain in the APC and battle
the party's ticket with Buhari, he would have done so and win the
presidency.
The Governor made this known in his reaction to the statement by the
APC National Leader, Ahmed Tinubu, about his exit from the ruling
party.
According to a statement on the State's Twitter handle,
@sokotogovthouse, Tambuwal said that Tinubu tried to rock the boat
when he was denied as Buhari's Vice President, adding that the former
Lagos Governor thinks everyone was like him.
"If I wanted to and if the Presidency is what (why) Ahmed Tinubu
thinks I defected, I could contest with President Buhari under the
APC. I have what it takes to have contested with Mr. President."
"Tinubu tried to rock the boat when he was denied Buhari's vice
presidency. He thinks every other person could behave his way. If I
wanted to contest under the APC as president, I could have done so and
only the votes could have produced a winner."
He added that Tinubu's statement could serve as a confirmation that
there was no internal democracy in the ruling party.
He added, "In any case, Tinubu is confessing that there is no
level-playing ground for all members of the APC; that there is no
internal democracy in it and that some people were denied their right
to internal democracy."
The former Lagos State Governor had on Sunday alleged that Tambuwal
wants to become president, the reason for his exit from APC: "Governor
Tambuwal's exit can be distilled to one cause. He covets the
Presidency. However, he had not the stomach to challenge President
Buhari in a primary. Tambuwal felt further insulted that he would be
compelled to face a direct primary just to retain the governorship
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