“Classic Case Of Utterly And Irredeemably-Fake News,” Tinubu On Allegation He Wants To Be Buhari’s Running Mate
A national leader of
the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said there was no truth in the
speculation that he may emerge as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate for
the 2019 presidential election.
Tinubu described as a “classic case of utterly and
irredeemably-fake news,” the report in a national daily (not The PUNCH) that he
was being mooted as Buhari’s running mate in 2019 to boost the APC’s chances in
the South-West.
According to Tinubu’s media office, it was speculated in the
said report that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, a pastor with the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, might withdraw from politics in 2019 and return to
full church work.
Tinubu’s media office, however, described the report as
false, insisting that the former governor of Lagos State and Nigerians “have
absolute confidence and are exceedingly proud of the excellent job that
Professor Osinbajo is doing as Vice-President of Nigeria.”
It said, “There is no empirical or logical basis for this
mischievously speculative story. Is it even conceivable, as the story
recklessly insinuates, that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be considering
returning to full church work rather than run with his boss, President Buhari,
for a second term if the latter so decides without as much as discussing such a
sensitive issue with his party and with Asiwaju Tinubu?
“In any case, is this story not entirely unwarranted and
indefensible as the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket has an electoral mandate of four
years out of which it has spent only over two years and a half years?
“This is clearly an attempt to distract the APC Federal
Government from the yeoman’s job it has been doing in rescuing the country from
the deep-rooted socio-economic, political, security and moral mess inherited
from the PDP’s 16 years misrule of Nigeria, instigate crisis within the party,
stoke dangerous embers of religious disaffection within the party and the
country generally and stem the remarkable progress being made in the
reinvention and revitalisation of Nigeria.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Asiwaju Tinubu has absolute
confidence and faith in both President Buhari and Vice-President Osinbajo, who
have been working hard harmoniously in offering inspirational leadership to
Nigeria at a most critical period in her history.”
Source: Punch
Source: Punch
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