Afenifere chieftain and Chairman of the defunct Presidential Advisory
Committee on National Conference, Senator Femi Okunrounmu says President
Buhari tricked former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu to get into power. In
an interview with Punch , Okunrounmu said it was naive of Tinubu to think he
would become a kingmaker immediately Buhari becomes President of Nigeria.
“Tinubu’s story is like Afonja in Ilorin in 1817. Ilorin used to be
under the Oyo Empire and was the headquarters of an Oyo
General, Afonja. But Afonja rebelled against the empire and
helped bring about its collapse with the assistance of the Fulani.
Afonja was assisted by Shehu Alimi, who was a Fulani leader.
In 1824 Afonja was assassinated and Alimi’s son became Emir
and Ilorin became an emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate. It was
naive of Tinubu to think that Buhari would just get power and
he (Tinubu) would become the kingmaker of Nigeria. That is
what Tinubu expected and that was why we kept reminding him
of the Ilorin episode. We told him that once Buhari got power,
he would turn around and just forget about him and implement
a northern hegemonic agenda which Buhari is doing now. In
1960, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, made a statement
publicly that the northerners should regard Nigeria as their
conquered territory and that they own Nigeria. He said the
entire South-West and South-East should be regarded as
conquered territory and that the North should never allow the
South to govern. This statement was widely reported in the
media. It was in the West African Pilot of October 12, 1960. The
quote was boldly published. So, the keys to the chains of
slavery we thought we could use to break free were just given
back to the North by the APC. The APC became an agent of
oppression and enslavement. We can all see that Buhari only
tricked Tinubu to get power back to the North”he said.

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