Nigeria, July 12 -- A former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has faulted the claim by a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, that President Bola Tinubu was not instrumental to the 2015 electoral victory of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

PREMIUM TIMES reported Mr Mustapha as saying that President Bola Tinubu, who was the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the time, did not make Mr Buhari president.

He explained that Mr Buhari was already famous and had over 12 million votes in his kitty before the 2015 election.

"The merger of the legacy parties merely contributed three million votes to his victory at the 2015 presidential election," Mr Mustapha said at t...