President Muhammadu Buhari has recalled memories of the political earthquake that swept across the Southwest years back.
Buhari, lamented that five Alliance for Democracy (AD) governors – Chief Bisi Akande (Osun state), Otunba Niyi Adebayo (Ekiti), the late Chief Adebayo Adefarati (Ondo) and Aremo Olusegun Osoba (Ogun) were sacked from power through the actions of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The president, spoke at the presentation of Akande’s autobiography and praised him for his “inflexible integrity and disdain for bribery”,
The autobiography launch titled ‘My Participation’, was held at the Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos.
All Progressive Congress (APC) National leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who survived the 2003 electoral manipulation, said Akande as a hero and a man of impeccable character, whose selfless lifestyle has inspired many people in positions of leadership.
President Buhari declared his trust for Akande by saying he could go with him (Akande) in a jungle.
He said: ‘’It is common knowledge that Akande was the victim – along with other AD governors – of a diabolical double-cross, which ended his gubernatorial career. Only the steadfast Asiwaju Bola Tinubu escaped the electoral massacre masterminded by President Obasanjo.
‘’Desperately disappointed though he was, and being a good Muslim, he accepted this setback as part of the trials of life. He looked to the future of service to the country”.
