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Nigeria: Civil war looms in APC as Tinubu demands Buhari’s seat or nothing

By Akin Irede
Posted on Saturday, 4 June 2022 12:41, updated on Sunday, 5 June 2022 17:52

Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC National Leader (Photo: twitter)

With barely two days to the Presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos godfather, Bola Tinubu, insists that he alone deserves the party’s ticket. He also sent a warning to President Muhammadu Buhari not to mess with the southwest amid plans to give a northerner the ticket. With Tinubu and his supporters spoiling for a fight, a civil war looms

Feeling hurt and betrayed by those he had helped to power, Lagos godfather Bola Tinubu took the gloves off and all but threatened President Buhari at a meeting with delegates in Ogun State ahead of the Presidential primary of the APC.

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For the first time, Tinubu took a trip down memory lane to narrate how he helped a serial failure, General Buhari, to become the President of Nigeria.

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