Former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said his visit with the former interim national chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had nothing to do with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Buhari.
The three men had met behind closed-doors hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo released a statement condemning President Buhari’s administration and also asking him not to seek re-election in 2019.
There were speculations that Mr. Buhari urgently called the meeting to discuss the political implication of Mr. Obasanjo’s letter.
But Mr. Tinubu said through his Media Adviser, Tunde Rahman, that the meeting was long scheduled, and had nothing to do with the controversial statement by the former President.
Read Tinubu’s statement below:
Tinubu’s, Akande’s Visit Unconnected with Obasanjo’s Statement
Today’s visit by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande to the Presidential Villa was scheduled last week.
President Buhari periodically schedules talks with Asiwaju Tinubu and Baba Akande, as he does with other Nigerians and APC figures, to discuss substantive issues pertaining to the governance of the country and matters concerning the party.
This visit was one such meeting. As such, the meeting had nothing to do with the statement of former President Obasanjo.
It is totally unconnected. At the time of the meeting, Asiwaju Tinubu and Baba Akande were even unaware that President Obasanjo had released his statement.
Tinubu Media Office
Tunde Rahman
January 23, 2018
