How cabal needed Buhari to impose Ahmad Lawan as APC candidate in 2023 – Laolu Akande

Laolu Akande, former media aide to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed how a cabal within the Presidency needed former President Muhammadu Buhari to impose former Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, because the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate in 2023.

Speaking throughout an interview on the Naija Unfiltered Podcast whereas recounting occasions earlier than the 2022 APC presidential main, Akande stated the cabal had a distinct plan from what Buhari needed.

He stated that the cabal needed Buhari to help Lawan, and due to the stress, Buhari’s personal dedication to help any aspirant was downgraded.

“The cabal had a different plan, they wanted the President to support Ahmad Lawan. The President’s own commitment to really go out for anybody was sort of downgraded because of what the cabal wanted him to do,” Akande stated.

According to him, regardless of the cabal’s transfer, Buhari really needed to help his vice chairman, Yemi Osinbajo.

“I believe that Buhari wanted to support his vice president not just depending only on what the vice president told me,” he added.

He had earlier stated Buhari personally provided to help Osinbajo’s ambition no less than 4 occasions, telling him “If I don’t support you, who will I support?”

The former presidential aide added that Buhari even recommended Osinbajo’s marketing campaign at a Federal Executive Council assembly for working a dignified, issues-based marketing campaign.

DAILY POST recollects that Osinbajo contested the APC main in 2022 however misplaced to Bola Tinubu, who later received the overall election and have become President on May 29, 2023.