2019 election: What defection of APC bigwigs to PDP did to Buhari – Tinubu

The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the
National Assembly, Oluremi Tinubu, has stated that the defection of
some top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other parties have taught President
Muhammadu Buhari some lesson.

According her, the scenario opened the eyes of the President to know
those who have his interest at heart, adding that efforts to blackmail
Buhari will not work.

She made this known during a media briefing to announce her campaign
at the weekend.

Tinubu said that the president has certainly learnt from the issue
that not everyone has his good intention at heart even if he embraced
all.

She told reporters: "For the leadership (issue) in the Senate I
experienced it and I believe the president also learnt from what
happened. We don't have to say that we are preventing it, because most
of the work he could have done, if we had the right leadership we
wouldn't have been going through what we are going through today.

"So, I believe that the president would have learnt one thing or two
because when he came in, he said he doesn't belong to anybody, but I
know that by this time, he knows those people who belong to him.

"He will know that some people have his best interest at heart and
some don't! What can the president do to smoothen relations between
the executive and the legislature between now and May 29, 2019? I
don't think much can be done now. It will lead to blackmail.

"For me, we are going to run and walk with what we have and I don't
think a PDP administration has much to offer us. They are the ones who
got us into this rot in the first place and we are trying to get out
of it.

"To me, there is hope returning back to this nation and Nigerians
should give the APC led administration another four years and they can
decide thereafter. Four years is not enough for any president to
make….

"He is not a magician to just wave a wand and everything is back to
normal. We didn't get there overnight. Executive and parliamentary
parley I think is gone. The president will still try and I think he is
doing that, but that is why I said that it is more of blackmail but
politics is like blackmail and I think he would be able to handle it.

"But I don't see our president yielding to blackmail and I think
Nigeria needs such people. And I pray that he would remain focused and
continue to steer the ship so that we can have a safe landing."