By Ayo Kehinde
. Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to the report carried by a daily national newspaper, Wednesday, that he may become President Buhari’s running mate in the 2019 presidential elections, describing it as a “classic case of utterly and irredeemably-fake news.”
The daily national newspaper had reported the Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, would replace current Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as part of the plan by the party to boost its chances in the South West.
The statement by his media office 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.”
