Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked his main contender and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to endorse him for the presidency.
Tinubu said this at an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee which was held at the Arewa House, Kaduna, on Monday.
According to the former Lagos governor, he supported the former vice president when he contested the presidency in 2007.
He said, “From the late Shehu Yar’Adua, I’m standing before you saying this, even my greatest rival met me with Yar’Adua; [that is] Atiku Abubakar. He was just out of customs at that time. Ask him to go and read the civil service regulation.
“They asked him questions: ‘how did you make money?’ He said from selling cars. Can you as a civil servant be involved with other trade and businesses? You have attracted disqualification and you don’t deserve to compete with others. Nuhu Ribadu was on our platform.
“I supported Atiku Abubakar in 2007 then. Don’t blame me if I ask for a payback period. It’s payback. Let him endorse me now instead of him conducting rally around Kaduna while I’m talking to you people here.”
