Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa state, has alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was not among those who fought for the actualisation of June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Gatekeepers News reports that speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Saturday, Lamido said Tinubu supported Ibrahim Babangida, former military head of state, in the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election.
Lamido said Tinubu, then a senator under Social Democratic Party (SDP), only became politically prominent after General Sani Abacha seized power.
The former Jigawa Governor added that Tinubu’s mother, Hajiya Abibatu Mogaji, mobilised Lagos market women to Abuja in support of Babangida at the time.
He said Tinubu was a major supporter of Babangida, adding that many of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) activists were not part of the June 12 campaign against the military administration of Babangida.
Lamido said, “I feel highly entertained by Tinubu’s rhetoric. The way he is dramatising his own role in Nigerian democracy.”
“Luckily, we were all alive. We were all there and participants in that affair of political history. I was in the middle of it. Tinubu became relevant and noticeable after Abacha took over the government.”
“With all respect to him, he was part of those people who supported Babangida’s annulment of June 12. He was part of them. His own mother, Haija Mogaji from Lagos, organised the Lagos market women to Abuja to support Babangida.”
“I’m saying this because it is history. I mean no harm or disrespect. He was actively hand-in-glove with Babangida. Tinubu, after being Nigerian president, decided to rewrite and deconstruct history. It is very amusing.”
“He was part of Babangida’s supporters on June 12. It was when Abacha took over the government that Tinubu became the so-called activist of June 12.”
“All those NADECO (activists), where were they on June 11? They were not part of the June 12 campaign and activities. He was a major supporter of Babangida.”
Lamido said Tinubu ran away from the country during the days of anti-military protests when others, including him, stayed back to fight the junta.
The former Governor noted that he is willing to align with any political coalition aimed at removing Tinubu from office in the 2027 elections.
