2023: Atiku To Tinubu – ‘Dragging Buhari Into Campaign Can’t Help You’

The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has told the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that dragging President Muham­madu Buhari into his campaign with the aim of using him to gain mileage or launder his image would be fruitless.

The campaign said it is indeed ludicrous that Tinubu, who has alleged baggage is now seeking President Buhari’s presence in his campaign after he had boastfully claimed that he (Pres­ident Buhari) had no political relevance and could not become president until he (Tinubu) came to his rescue.

The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organization, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondi­yan, said that Nigerians watched as Tinubu’s publicity derided, scorned and disparaged Presi­dent Buhari and even demon­strated how, according to him, President Buhari cried after los­ing election thrice until he (Tinu­bu) picked him up, wiped his tears and made him President.

“Nigerians are therefore won­dering what roles Tinubu, who disparaged Buhari as not having political weight, now wants Pres­ident Buhari to play in the cam­paign for which he is forcefully dragging him to the arena, if not to smear Mr. President with his putrid stains.

“Nigerians are wondering what President Buhari, with his professed aversion to corruption and drug related issues, will be saying while presenting Asiwaju Tinubu to the electorate in rallies, if he ever does.

“Will President Buhari be explaining to Nigerians the link the APC Presidential Candidate had with narcotics for which a Court of competent jurisdiction in the United States of America ordered the forfeiture of a gar­gantuan sum of $460,000 found in Tinubu’s account as proceeds of illicit transactions?

“Will Buhari be apologising to Nigerians for approving, as a military Head of State, the exe­cution of a set of Nigerians for a drug-related offence only to now be presenting someone that for­feited money in a narcotic-related matter as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?

“Does President Buhari have answers to the malodourous is­sues of perjury, certificate forg­ery and inconsistencies in age, educational qualification and ancestry that are plaguing Asi­waju Tinubu or has President Buhari any explanation on who Asiwaju’s classmate were at the Government College, Ibadan or at the non-existent Aroloya pri­mary school?” The campaign asked.

The campaign said that it has become clear that Tinubu, who does not believe in President Bu­hari’s political currency and rel­evance is dragging President Bu­hari into his deflated campaign as a decoy to transfer his corruption and criminal allegation burdens on Mr. President.

“It is however imperative that the APC Presidential candidate should know that it is too late in the day to stage such a political stunt given that his image has gone beyond redemption,” the campaign said.

The campaign said that Tinu­bu must learn to face his woes by personally providing answers for the allegations after which he should apologize to Nigerians and quit the Presidential race, since the people have already reached a consensus on his rejection at the polls.

It added: “Nigerians are not willing to compromise their de­termination to rescue our nation by voting in the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, whose creden­tials of integrity, hard work, capacity, relevant experience, presence of mind and readiness to deliver have distinguished him to lead our nation at this critical time.”

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