Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole said on Wednesday that his party’s presidential candidate Bola Tinubu cannot be praised or blamed for the successes or failures of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Oshiomhole who stated this during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday, August 03, 2022 claimed Tinubu played no part in Buhari’s administration.
There had been attempts by government critics to blame Tinubu for some of the failings of Buhari’s regime, especially in the areas of security and economy.
However, the former governor of Edo State said Tinubu never held any position in Buhari’s government and also did not take any government contract in the last seven years.
He, therefore, argued that it would be wrong to link Tinubu with the actions of Buhari.
Oshiomhole said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who heads the National Executive Council has a bigger role in Buhari’s regime than Tinubu.
“You can’t say someone who never in any way participated in government should be credited with the outcome of government policies or be blamed either way,” he said.
Oshiomhole added, “I think in apportioning blame or crediting people, you look at their role. It is a fact that Asiwaju by himself said, yes, he co-founded the APC. I was a co-founding governor of the APC along with Fashola and other governors but he never participated in governance, he never held any position in government, he didn’t carry out a contract on behalf of the government so how can you credit him either way? This is just being fair.”
Oshiomhole, a two-term governor of Edo State, added, “You cannot say someone who never in any way participated in government be credited with the outcome of government policy or be blamed for same.”
He criticised the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi, saying the former governor of Anambra State does not have plans to move the country forward.
