A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan offered the position of Vice President in an Interim National Government.
According to Tinubu, the recent Avalanche of attacks on his person were because he rejected that offer
The former governor of Lagos State said in a statement by his media office on Thursday that following his rejection of the offer, Jonathan was looking for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested based on trumped up charges.
He said the Peoples Democratic Party had never been this rattled in its 16 years in power, adding that Had blamed him for the successful merger of the APC and the momentum the APC presidential candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) was gaining.
By Tinubu’s calculation, with the North-West and the South-West- the two most populous geo-political zones – in the hands, of the APC, it was certain that the PDP would lose.
He said, “From what can be gathered through informed sources, the PDP and Jonathan Presidency had recently tried to fracture the APC by offering Tinubu the position of vice President in an interim government if he would agree to part company with the popular Buhari. Once Tinubu rebuffed the offer to participate in the interim scheme, the presidency decided to change tactics.
“It would no longer try to entice Tinubu with sugar but would now move to silence and if necessary neutralise him. “The APC National leader has caused President Jonathan’s team countless headaches this campaign season, his declining the interim government offer is just the latest.”
The APC de facto leader said the recent hate documentaries televised were part of the desperate attempt by Jonathan to discredit him.
