Tinubu Declines Comments On Buhari’s Re-election
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – National Leader of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday declined comments on the clamour for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, adding, “Don’t discuss that one with me.”
Speaking to State House correspondents shortly after a closed door meeting with President Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, the former Lagos State Governor debunked rumours that he was not in the best of relationship with the President.
Tinubu described the claims that he was not happy with the APC-led government as fake news, saying he had confidence in Buhari, hence, he does not have “to be babysitting him.”
Even though, according to Tinubu, there could be twists and turns as well as conflicts in a democracy, he said, “I have confidence in this President, there is no doubt about that.
“We worked hard to bring about the government. There are certain things that are unpredictable and those are things that can lean itself to gossips, insinuations and all of that.
“But once you create leadership and it is functioning, you don’t have to babysit that leadership unless there is a loss of confidence and I don’t have that.
“You know me. I’ve not known to shy away from talking my mind and rebelling if it is necessary and taking charge of things that I believe are necessary. What is the myth in this leadership thing? What is cabal? It is a myth.”
