Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar
presidential campaign, says he will not “malign” the image of Bola Tinubu,
presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bwala, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke
on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television.
He was appointed alongside Dino Melaye, a former senator, as
spokesperson for the campaign organisation on Thursday.
In July, Bwala, a legal practitioner, resigned his
membership of the APC over what he described as his “principles and
conviction”.
He had criticised the APC over the choice of a Muslim,
Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno, as the vice-presidential candidate —
since the party’s presidential flagbearer is also a Muslim.
Speaking during the interview, Bwala said he did not leave
the APC because Atiku promised to reward him with an appointment as being
insinuated in some quarters.
“I can tell you without mincing words, Atiku Abubakar is the
last politician in Nigeria you can accuse of being nepotistic or a religious
bigot. Even the fiercest critic can tell you that. If you look at the team that
surrounds him at the moment, we have even less of northerners,” he said.
“I know of some
persons who currently operate as political mercenaries, like one that wrote an
article against me, a few days ago. They are operating as mercenaries. Let me
give you an example, somebody said I left because I wanted appointment with
Atiku.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the flagbearer of APC, promised
that he was going to make me the presidential spokesperson for his campaign and
he made the promise a few weeks before the primary, and I have witnesses that
know themselves and they are of high repute in government, in the party and
around him.
“This is not even a dispute. I’m saying that on record
because if what I’m saying is not true, asiwaju Bola Tinubu must be seeing the
interview today and my memory of asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a sweet memory.
“I have my highest regards and respect for him. I say even
in this election, I will never engage in maligning his image and character.
There are people that will like to tempt you to do that.
“My last memory of him was a sweet memory where he gave me
regard that governors and senators did not get, and I respect that. This is not
about me and asiwaju, and this is about Nigeria and what we are facing.”
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