Tunde Rahman, media aide to the national ruler of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday explained why his boss could not attend the party caucus meeting held on Monday and Tuesday (today).
Rahman noted that Tinubu the meeting, because he had another event, organised to mark his birthday.
Rahman said it was unfair to misinterpret Tinubu’s absence to grouses within the leadership of the party.
Speaking on Political Platform, a public affairs programme on RayPower FM Tuesday, Rahman said Tinubu was attending to a programme some young people put together to honour him on his birthday.
Recall that there was wide media reports on Monday that Tinubu was conspicuously absent as President Muhammadu Buhari played host to a meeting of the national caucus of the party.
The meeting, which began at about 8:20 p.m. held inside the new Banquet Hall of the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
There have been speculations on why the APC chieftain failed to attend the meeting.
“Yesterday, a group of younger ones put together a programme for him where they were talking about their impression of him as a leader, as a motivator,” Rahman said Tuesday.
He noted that it is that time of the year the APC chieftain marks his birthday and he needed to attend to many other concerns. The media aide also said Mr. Tinubu is making progress in the reconciliatory responsibilities handed him by Buhari.
He said “the assignment given to Asiwaju by President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the reconciliation and confidence building effort within the party is ongoing and he has gone so far in that assignment.”
On the caucus meeting, he said it was an advisory committee and his principal’s absence should not be seen as anything unusual.
“Don’t (also) forget that the caucus meeting he did not attend is an advisory body. The caucus is an advisory body,” he explained.
“So that he did not attend the caucus meeting should not be a thing that we will make a lot of noise about.”
The caucus meeting is preparatory to a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) which is held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, Tuesday.
