‘Tambuwal never informed me of stepping down for Atiku in 2022’
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has refuted the claim by the immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, that he informed him before withdrawing for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, during the 2022 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement by his Media Office, signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki, while responding to the Tambuwal’s remarks aired on a live programme, insisted that the current federal lawmaker never informed him that he would step down for Atiku.
The Kwara-born politician said he was also surprised like everybody present at the convention that Tambuwal returned to the podium to announce his withdrawal after he had addressed the delegates for their votes to fly the PDP ticket in the 2023 general elections.
His words: “I need to set the record straight. When I saw Tambuwal returning to the podium after he had earlier addressed the delegates to canvass for their votes, I wondered what was happening.
His announcement that he had withdrawn from the race and that the delegates who were supporting him should vote for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar took me by surprise.
“Tambuwal is my friend, but he should take responsibility for his decisions and actions. He never discussed withdrawal from the race with me. I never contemplated withdrawing my candidature from the race and had nothing to do with the decision process that led to his withdrawal in favour of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.”
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