{"id":144420,"date":"2024-12-31T19:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osinbajo-tinubu-outsmarted-buhari-to-become-nigerias-president-ojudu-2"},"modified":"2024-12-31T20:50:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:50:59","slug":"osinbajo-tinubu-outsmarted-buhari-to-become-nigerias-president-ojudu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osinbajo-tinubu-outsmarted-buhari-to-become-nigerias-president-ojudu-2","title":{"rendered":"Osinbajo: Tinubu outsmarted Buhari to become Nigeria\u2019s president \u2013 Ojudu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential Special Adviser on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu outsmarted his predecessor, ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Ojudu said Buhari never supported his then Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Tinubu during the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary election.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Tinubu outsmarted Buhari in so many ways to pick the party\u2019s ticket and eventually emerge president.<\/p>\n<p>Ojudu disclosed this while featuring on Edmund Obilo\u2019s podcast \u2018State Affairs\u2019 on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ojudu: \u201cI knew Osinbajo was going to lose the primary, I saw it coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the system we operated and still operating, I kept saying at our meeting that all of the efforts we are making like traveling around, convincing people, and addressing delegates is only 40 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c60 percent of it lies in Buhari\u2019s hands unless and until Buhari mobilizes people around him, the governors, his aides, we are going nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to refer to Buhari as a one-man majority and he never mobilized his team towards Osinbajo and I think Tinubu outsmarted him in so many different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the build-up to the 2023 presidential elections, there were widespread claims that Buhari preferred the then Senate President, Ahmad Lawan over Osinbajo and Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>But results from the primary showed that Tinubu pulled 1, 271 votes, former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi pulled 316 votes to come second, Osinbajo had 235 votes, while Lawan got 152 votes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former presidential Special Adviser on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu outsmarted his predecessor, ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022. Ojudu said Buhari never supported his then Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Tinubu during the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary election. 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