SAN FRANCISCO, September 04, (THEWILL) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has revealed that he would have delivered Lagos State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2003 but had to let go because of his relationship with Bola Tinubu.
Atiku, a presidential hopeful of the PDP, said this while addressing members of the party in Lagos.
He revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo mandated him to deliver the six South-Western states to the PDP, from the clutches of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) then.
He said his years of several partnerships with Tinubu made him let Lagos pass but declared that he regrets his decision because Lagos would have fared better under the PDP.
“When we came to power in 1999, the entire south-western states were controlled by the AD. And when we were approaching the 2003 elections, I told my boss, give me the chance to take over the south-west and he gave me that authority, and I took all the states with the exception of Lagos,” he said.
“Why? Because Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and I came a long way from the SDP, PDM and all of that, and I felt I should leave Lagos for him. In fact, I could easily have taken over Lagos, but I did not.
“I have since regretted my decision; please, my sisters and brothers in the party, I want you to forgive me for taking Lagos out of that arrangement.
“If I have another opportunity again, Lagos will be taken to where it belongs. So, I am appealing to you to give me that opportunity so that I can correct the mistakes that I made.”
