Tunde Rahman, spokesman of Bola
Tinubu, says the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not
leaving the ruling party.
In a statement on Tuesday, Rahman
said Tinubu remains faithful and committed to the party despite the incident
that happened at the campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Monday.
Tinubu was seen throwing away the
flag of the party after the crowd had disrupted the rally.
Rahman, however, stated that the
national leader did not throw away the flag but attempted to toss it to Adams
Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, to present it to Dapo Abiodun, the
governorship candidate.
He accused the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) of making an issue from the “exchange of a flag” out of mischief.
“With but a few precious days
until the election and with its chance of victory running out even faster than
the time, the Peoples Democratic Party now grasps at the most nonsensical and
desperate tactics to salvage its falling enterprise,” the statement read.
“However, a drowning man cannot
toss himself a lifeline. Nor can the PDP succeed in turning the innocuous
attempted exchange of a flag between the National Leader and National Chairman
into a rift in the APC’s successful campaign.
“An incident did actually occur
at the Ogun State APC rally but it is not the one PDP has concocted. The true
incident that should be reported and condemned is that people who furtively
oppose the party and the president tried to infiltrate and disrupt this rally.
The attack by these operatives was disrespectful of the office of the president
and could have potentially harmed the person of the president.
“Such antics have no place in our
political discourse. The author of these misdeeds should desist before real
harm is done. Now to the crux of the opposition’s latest antics. If the issue
of the flag has become the hotspot of the PDP campaign, then they are in
serious trouble.
“During that portion of the Ogun
rally, the National Chairman and others were looking for a party flag. Asiwaju
Tinubu spotted one within his reach. He picked it up and attempted to toss it
to Chairman Oshiomhole so that the Chairman could present it to the party’s
gubernatorial candidate Prince Dapo Abiodun. If you want to fault Asiwaju for
anything in this matter, your critique can only be limited to the accuracy of
his toss. Any attempt to enlarge the episode beyond this is fiction and
mischief writ large.
“As the National Leader, Asiwaju
Tinubu is thoroughly faithful and committed to the APC. It is unthinkable that
he would leave the party. Moreover, there is no reason for him to do so. He has
been hard at work for the victory of the APC and all of its candidates in the
upcoming election.”
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