Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu has debunked claims by
some people that there is division between President
Muhammadu Buhari and himself. He said he worked
very hard for Buhari to be president and cannot now
be seen to be working against his effort. He said the
story of differences between them is a perverse
fiction and not journalism.
In a statement by the media aide to Bola Tinubu,
Sunday Dare, he said, ‘the story first published on an
online news site and later parroted by other online
news outlet is an example of irresponsible
journalism. This story has no source. It is a blatant
fabrication to serve the interest of its sponsors.
Tinubu has not spoken about the senate election.
This story is a perverse fiction. Not journalism.
‘He has never said these lies so wrongly attributed to
him. There is no chance he will ever utter such
words against President Buhari, a man he worked
very hard for to become president, along with millions
of Nigerians who voted. Tinubu would not accuse the
president of plotting his own injury. If anything, he is
alarmed by how this may impair the government’s
substantive reform agenda.
‘It is a mischievous attempt to drive a wedge
between Tinubu and Buhari. There is no need to try to
put words in Tinubu’s mouth. He will talk when and if
it is necessary. His major preoccupation now is how
Nigerians can support President Buhari and his
administration to achieve the reform and change
promised during the election.
Dare also debunked the story of the visit of Saraki to
Tinubu. He said it is not true as Tinubu is not in the
country and there is no way he will be in France and
Lagos at the same time. He said ‘the story about
Saraki visiting Bola Tinubu at his home in Lagos is a
total fabrication. It’s a lie. During the time alleged in
the story, Asiwaju Tinubu was overseas in France to
condole a family friend. Thus it’s physically
impossible for Tinubu to have received anybody at
his home in Lagos.
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