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Tambuwal Replies Tinubu Over His Defection To PDP
My Defection To PDP Has Noting To Do With Automatic Ticket
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has revealed he could defeat President Muhammadu Buhari to the 2019 presidential ticket of the APC if he remained in the party.
According to him, he has what it takes to compete with and defeat Buhari.
He said this in a series of tweets in reaction to Tinubu’s statement on why he defected from the All Progressives Congress to Peoples Democratic Party.
“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".
— Sokoto Government House (@SokotoGovtHouse) August 20, 2018
“I adduced reasons of my defection to the PDP. The reasons are still on record. Automatic ticket by the APC is certainly not part of that. ”
— Sokoto Government House (@SokotoGovtHouse) August 20, 2018
As earlier reported by Naija News, APC National Leader, Ahmed Tinubu, had submitted that Tambuwal and Senate President Bukola Saraki, dumped the APC because they were denied automatic ticket.
@GovSokoto @AWTambuwal reacts to Bola Tinubu statement over his exit from the APC
“If I wanted to and if the Presidency is what 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. pic.twitter.com/x5shnwLFqq
— Sokoto Government House (@SokotoGovtHouse) August 20, 2018
“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.
“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".
— Sokoto Government House (@SokotoGovtHouse) August 20, 2018
@AWTambuwal stressed that while addressing the people of Sokoto State and by implication, Nigerians, he stated his reasons for leaving the party none of which was “automatic ticket.”
— Sokoto Government House (@SokotoGovtHouse) August 20, 2018
