You Have Broken The Bridge Between You And The South,Tinubu To Tambuwal

After a month after the position of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives was decided, the
unofficial position of the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, on what transpired in the hallowed
chamber has been exclusively uncovered by
THEWILL.
Tinubu, who played host to Tambuwal at his
Asokro residence in Abuja, a fortnight after the
Speakership election in which Hon. Femi
Gbajabiamila lost to Hon Yakubu Dogara, told
Tambuwal that “with what you did to Femi in the
House, you have severed the umbilical cord joining
you with the South-West.”
Tinubu, a source revealed, was in company of
some Northern members of the APC when the ex
Speaker came calling.
“Did you people in the House do this in
anticipation of 2019…It is too early. You should
allow this government to succeed,” Tinubu was
quoted as saying.
In an emotion laden voice, Tinubu reminded the
Sokoto State governor of the role Gbajabiamila
played in his emergence as Speaker in 2011.
It was common knowledge that Tinubu, persuaded
by Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, had started
galvanising support for former House Leader, Hon
Mulikat Adeola-Akande in the immediate past 7th
National Assembly. But when Gbajabiamila rushed
to him with the name of Tambuwal, he quickly
accepted.
Before doing so, he prodded Gbajabiamila on
whether Tambuwal can be trusted and the former
acquiesced. Gbajabiamila even had additional
praise for the ex Speaker, saying if it is intelligence
and competence, then Tambuwal is undoubtedly
the man.
The APC leader decried how Tambuwal stampeded
Gov. Abdulazeez Yari of Zamfara State into cajoling
members from his state to vote against
Gbajabiamila.
Openly chastised, Tambuwal hurriedly pleaded with
Tinubu to drop the matter, saying ” it appears this
is not a good time to come and see you,. I’ll come
back again some other time.”
THEWILL gathered that Tinubu was miffed by
Tambuwal’s betrayal of Gbajabiamila not only
because of the role he played in his emergence as
Speaker in 2011 but because of his influence to
secure the governorship ticket of Sokoto for him.
Initially, our reporter learnt, Tambuwal’s
predecessor, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko,
had preferred and worked for a relative of his to
succeed him. But Tinubu prevailed on him to give
it to Tambuwal, arguing that it will be unfair to
leave the incumbent governor in the lurch after his
travails in the hands of the PDP.
The source added that it was Tinubu who
purchased the N21 million nomination form for
Tambuwal to run for the presidency as his thought
was that should Buhari decide to step down,
Tambuwal would have been drafted in his place.