The speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara has revealed how Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu begged him in his bedroom in 2015 to step down for Femi Gbajabiamila.
According to a report by TheCable, Dogara made the revelation in his biography, ‘A Reed Made Flint,’ written by onetime presidential candidate, Dele Momodu.
The book, which according to the report is due for public presentation on December 26, 2017 to mark the 50th birthday of the speaker, detailed how Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who wanted Femi Gbajabiamila on the seat, begged him to rescind on his ambition.
The Plea by Tinubu in his bedroom
Dogara recounted: “As a matter of fact, Asiwaju (Tinubu) is someone that we respect very much and no one can doubt the sterling role he played in the emergence of APC as a government. Asiwaju had through emissaries sought audience with me and in deference to him I went to see him along with a colleague, then Right Honourable Kawu Sumaila.
When we got to the Asiwaju, seasoned politician that he was, he asked us to come to his bedroom. We held this meeting in his bedroom!
“He appealed to us and said what he only wanted, as a leader, as a political father, was for us to please collapse our campaign into Femi’s and declare our support for him. Asiwaju maintained that, as a matter of fact, support for Femi was a support for him. He said if we supported Femi by extension we were actually supporting him and reciprocating the work he did to ensure APC won the Presidency.”
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