A former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has said he would support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, if he had to make a choice on who should lead the country.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Saturday, Tambuwal stressed that his political choices had always been guided by principles of leadership and not by personal relationships.
The former governor clarified that his disagreements with politicians in the past had never been personal, noting that he had continued to maintain cordial relationships with both past and present leaders across party lines.
According to him, political differences he had with former President Goodluck Jonathan and others were strictly based on principles and policy direction rather than personal grievances.
“When it comes to leadership of this country and leadership of the people, tomorrow, not even today, I would rather support Atiku than Nyesom Wike. It is collaboration. It is not something difficult. Once it is about being altruistic and nothing personal. You have never seen me going against President Bola Tinubu personally, you have never heard of me going against Nyesom Wike personally,” he said.
Tambuwal explained further, “We disagreed on principle, the way, and the direction things are going. I had no problem personally with Goodluck Jonathan, but we disagreed, and I left PDP for APC.”
Emphasising the distinction between friendship and leadership, the former governor added, “It is not about my friendship with you, and I am saying this with all sense of responsibility. If Atiku Abubakar comes in here and Wike requests my phone, which is personal to me, I will personally give it to Wike as a personal friend.”
