Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his “neutral stance”
during the party’s primary.
According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina,
presidential spokesman, on Saturday, Tinubu gave the commendation in a letter
addressed to Buhari.
In the letter, as reproduced by Adesina, Tinubu described
Buhari as a “true leader, brother and friend”, and also commended him for his
maturity which contributed significantly to the success of the presidential
primary.
“Your excellency, one must admire the sense of purpose, composure, and maturity you demonstrated in the weeks and months preceding the primary elections of our great party. As aspirants and party leaders, we all pleaded with you to “choose” your successor,” the letter reads.
“Naturally, this is
expected especially in African democracy. Up until the 6th of June, 2022, the
day of the APC presidential primaries, the whole of Nigeria, including myself,
was waiting for you to announce your preferred candidate. All of us thought and
believed this was a very simple matter.
“However, it was only as the primary went into the night and
as the candidates walked up to the podium and spoke that I fully and truly
appreciated your position and stance to be neutral and non-aligned to any of
us. As the first person to speak, I also had the special vantage point to
carefully hear, without any distraction, what the other candidates had to say.
“As the hours rolled by that evening, it became clear to me
that all of us were your preferred candidates. As you captured it aptly in your
letter to me, the “spirit” of 2013 and 2014 when we created and built APC was
there for all to see.
“Mr President, as the night of 6 June turned to the morning
of 7 June, I fully understood and appreciated your stance. “You belonged to
everybody in the party and you belonged to none of the individual candidates of
the party.” A true leader, brother and friend.
“I will conclude by once again thanking you for being there
for all of us. By the grace of God and with your leadership, guidance and
support, I am confident that we will lead our great party, the APC, to victory in the February 2023 general
elections. We will ride on the back of your successes. We will build on the
foundations of transparency and integrity which you have laid.”
Tinubu thanked delegates and other party leaders for their
support during the presidential primary, adding that his emergence as
flagbearer is a victory for all members of the APC.
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