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The former governor said this in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Monday in his first interview granted to any media organisation since he left office.
He said, “ people say I’m a critic of the administration,. My comment in a panel on democracy in Nigeria had to do with the APC.
the president begged me publicly to come and serve in his government – I had my plans and I told President Tinubu from day one when he asked me to support him, I said I would but I don’t want anything, because politics in Nigeria is always about what do I get for giving you support?
“I’m not in politics for that reason, I’m not in politics to get anything. I have a surname, I am a self-made man, I have made my money before coming into public office, I don’t need anything. After eight years in Kaduna, I was nearly burnt out. I was struggling for eight years and I wanted to take a break, and I had my private plans.
