Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly told his close associates that he doesn’t see himself handing over to the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, was declared the winner of the presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 1.
According to INEC official results, 70-year-old Tinubu won in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and secured a significant number of votes in several states to defeat main challengers – Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party who came second and third respectively.
While Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 million votes, according to INEC official results, 76-year-old former Vice President, who has now run for president six times, secured 6,984,520 votes, and Obi, who, in less than a year, galvanised young voters in a manner some have described as unprecedented, finished the race with 6,101,533.
Tinubu and President Buhari belong to the same party.
According to sources, the President informed some of his close associates that he doesn’t see himself handing over to the former Lagos state governor.
“President Buhari may be ready to deal with Tinubu now, he has told his close aides and associates that he doesn’t see himself handing over to him on May 29,” one of the sources said.
“He did not disclose why the thought so. Could it be that he is afraid of handing over power to him? We can’t say but his close associates are already aware of this.”
