A former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande has explained the reasons behind his smooth relationship with ex-Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Akande, in his book, ‘My Participation’, said he and Tinubu used to argue over political discretions.
He added that Tinubu trivially assumed that the political culture of Lagos could work in the rest of the Southwest.
The ex-Osun governor said Tinubu always “absorbed my angry political tantrums as old-fashioned and with jocular snubs”.
He added that he became close to Tinubu as a result of his excellent political and economic ideas at Afenifere and Alliance for Democracy (AD) governors’ meetings.
He explained that Tinubu’s wits, the largeness of his heart for smart arguments, his refusal to give up on him, and his penchant to pamper him made them allies.
“While others hate his guts and fear his grievances, I cherish the enormity of the quickness of his wits and marvel at the largeness of his heart for smart arguments.
“However, despite my constant talking down impudently on him with pontifications about my old-time political experiences, he has refused to give up on me.
“He always makes me feel pampered. And we came, at last, to trust each other absolutely,” he wrote.