Tinubu Did Not Make Buhari President – Boss Mustapha

The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu made his predecessor,  Muhammadu Buhari, President.

Naija News reports that in the buildup of the 2023 presidential election, President Bola Tinubu had claimed that he was instrumental in making Buhari President.

“If not for me that stood behind Buhari, he wouldn’t have become the President. He tried the first time, he failed. The second time, he failed. The third, he failed.

“He even wept on national television and vowed never to contest again but I went to meet him in Kaduna and told him he will run again, I will stand by you and you will win, but you must not joke with Yorubas and he agreed,” Tinubu had said

However, speaking at the unveiling of Garba Shehu’s book “According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience,” the former SGF said Buhari already had 12 million votes and that the merger of the legacy parties merely contributed three million votes.

Mustapha who admitted that the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC) controlled only one state while the All Progressives Congress (APC) was being formed maintained that the votes that delivered victory for APC came from the CPC and followers of Buhari.

He said, “The CPC had only one state then, but the important votes that gave us victory came from CPC.

“We knew what we did to produce Buhari’s presidency. Buhari already had 12 million votes. What the merger brought was an additional three million. It wasn’t about anyone making anyone president. Buhari’s base was already solid.”