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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has claimed that the late Lateef Jakande, the first civilian governor of Lagos State, turned down the chance to become Nigeria\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

Tinubu revealed this on Friday during the eighth-day Fidau for the deceased at his Ilupeju residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cJakande refused to become president. He said \u2018I don\u2019t want to be president in the midst of chaos\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are lucky to draw from his fountain of wisdom and knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t beat his records because he is already a martyr but we will pursue our dreams and mission with our vision,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/p>\n

Jakande passed away last Thursday morning in Lagos at the age of 91.<\/p>\n

His death was disclosed by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide-Sanwo-Olu. https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2021\/02\/11\/breaking-fomer-lagos-gov-lateef-jakande-is-dead\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has claimed that the late Lateef Jakande, the first civilian governor of Lagos State, turned down the chance to become Nigeria\u2019s president. Tinubu revealed this on Friday during the eighth-day Fidau for the deceased at his Ilupeju residence. \u201cJakande refused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,3097,254,235,945],"class_list":["post-37444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-jakande","tag-nigeria","tag-president","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"\nTinubu claims Jakande refused to be President of Nigeria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has claimed that the late Lateef Jakand ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu claims Jakande refused to be President of Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has claimed that the late Lateef Jakand ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-19T19:37:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-602ff2ea419bd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu claims Jakande refused to be President of Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-19T19:37:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":146,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-602ff2ea419bd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Jakande\",\"Nigeria\",\"President\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-claims-jakande-refused-to-be-president-of-nigeria\",\"name\":\"Tinubu claims Jakande refused to be President of Nigeria - 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