Afenifere chieftain and Chairman of the defunct Presidential Advisory
Committee on National Conference, Senator Femi Okunrounmu says
President Buhari tricked former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu to get
into power. In an interview with
Punch, Okunrounmu said it was naive of Tinubu to think he would become a kingmaker immediately Buhari becomes President of Nigeria.
“Tinubu’s story is like Afonja in Ilorin in
1817. Ilorin used to be under the Oyo Empire and was the headquarters
of an Oyo General, Afonja. But Afonja rebelled against the empire and
helped bring about its collapse with the assistance of the Fulani.
Afonja was assisted by Shehu Alimi, who was a Fulani leader.
In 1824 Afonja was assassinated and Alimi’s son
became Emir and Ilorin became an emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. It was
naive of Tinubu to think that Buhari would just get power and he
(Tinubu) would become the kingmaker of Nigeria. That is what Tinubu
expected and that was why we kept reminding him of the Ilorin episode.
We told him that once Buhari got power, he would turn around and just
forget about him and implement a northern hegemonic agenda which Buhari
is doing now. In 1960, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, made a
statement publicly that the northerners should regard Nigeria as their
conquered territory and that they own Nigeria. He said the entire
South-West and South-East should be regarded as conquered territory and
that the North should never allow the South to govern. This statement
was widely reported in the media. It was in the West African Pilot of
October 12, 1960. The quote was boldly published. So, the keys to the
chains of slavery we thought we could use to break free were just given
back to the North by the APC. The APC became an agent of oppression and
enslavement. We can all see that Buhari only tricked Tinubu to get power
back to the North”he said
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Buhari tricked Tinubu to get power back to the North – Afenifere chieftain says
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