{"id":120296,"date":"2021-12-13T05:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=120296"},"modified":"2021-12-13T05:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:50:51","slug":"how-atiku-rejected-tinubu-as-running-mate-in-2007-bisi-akande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/13\/how-atiku-rejected-tinubu-as-running-mate-in-2007-bisi-akande\/","title":{"rendered":"How Atiku rejected Tinubu as running mate in 2007 \u2013 Bisi Akande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bisi Akande has disclosed how former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar rejected Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his presidential running mate in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Akande, who was a former National Chairman of Action Congress, AC, said despite the nomination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/27\/tinubu-visited-me-to-seek-support-for-presidential-ambition-yakasai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu<\/a>, Atiku opted for Ben Obi as his running mate under the party.<\/p>\n<p>The 82-year-old politician disclosed this in his autobiography, \u201cMy Participations\u201d, where he opened up on some of the untold incidents that happened before the 2007 elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/11\/akande-reveals-how-afenifere-leader-adebanjo-pestered-tinubu-to-build-his-lekki-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akande<\/a>, Atiku, who informed the party of his choice of running mate through a Kano-based politician, Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, insisted on Obi despite efforts by the then AC chieftains to persuade him to pick Tinubu or another candidate from the Southwest.<\/p>\n<p>Akande said he accepted Obi\u2019s nomination because he believed it was Atiku\u2019s choice to pick his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that there would have been a crisis if he had refused to accept Obi as Atiku\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2007, we formed a party, the AC, with Abubakar Atiku. We agreed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/05\/god-might-have-said-its-atikus-turn-to-become-president-in-2023-wife-titi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atiku<\/a> should be our presidential candidate and we had the understanding that he would run with Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the chairman of the AC. One day, after we had nominated Atiku as our presidential candidate, one young man came and gave me a form from INEC. I told him I could not sign a blank form and that I, as the Chairman, must know the name that would be filled in it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120303\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/kunlenet07\/2021\/12\/13\/Bisi-Akande.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/kunlenet07\/2021\/12\/13\/Bisi-Akande.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/kunlenet07\/2021\/12\/13\/Bisi-Akande-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/kunlenet07\/2021\/12\/13\/Bisi-Akande-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bisi Akande<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young man, Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, must have been the organizing right-hand man of Atiku. The following morning, he came again with Lawan Kaita. Kaita begged me and said it was Ben Obi\u2019s whom Atiku had chosen as his running mate behind our backs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I signed the form because I believed in the candidate. If I refused to sign, that would create a crisis,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku eventually lost the election to the Peoples Democratic Party&#8217;s candidate and former president, Musa Yar\u2019Adua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bisi Akande has disclosed how former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar rejected Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his presidential running mate in 2007. 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