Veteran northern politician, Tanko Yakassai, has said that All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, told him he wanted to be President.
Many have been speaking on the ambition on behalf of Tinubu while he had not said so himself.
It is about the first time he would be quoted but Yakassai said he told him during a visit to his (Yakassai’s) Abuja home.
‘The Punch’ quotes him as saying, “He (Tinubu) just came to visit me but actually I have two of them (presidential aspirants) that I have earmarked right from the beginning and I made a vow that any one of them who came to ask for my support first is the person I would support. Tinubu is the first person.”
When asked whether Tinubu told him he would be contesting for President in 2021, Yakasai said, “He (Tinubu) did and he asked for my support.”
