The Nigerian Presidency has issued a strong rebuttal to recent claims by former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, who accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of supporting the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. In a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the Presidency described Lamido’s remarks as false, revisionist, and an attempt to distort historical fact for political purposes.
Lamido, speaking during a televised interview, had alleged that President Tinubu only gained relevance after the formation of the pro-democracy group NADECO and claimed that his mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, mobilised market women in support of the annulment—a claim the Presidency called “patently false.”…KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
