By Omeiza Ajayi
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has said that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu shared a political alliance that worked both ways, saying the support Buhari received from Tinubu helped him emerge as president, just as Buhari later “gave his full support” to ensure Tinubu succeeded him in office.
“This is something for which we must give President Buhari credit. He stood firmly behind President Tinubu so that he could continue serving Nigeria,” Gowon told a gathering in Abuja on Monday on the first anniversary of Buhari’s death.
Gowon also disclosed a personal debt of gratitude to the late president, recalling that ten years after leaving office, while resident in the United Kingdom, he found himself unable to pay his children’s school fees.
“I appealed to him, and he ensured that my family received assistance to pay those school fees. That was the kind of person he was. He cared for people,” Gowon said, adding that Buhari governed for all Nigerians and not just the North as some had believed.
