Tinubu States Reasons APC Governors Protested Against Him At NEC Meeting

Bola Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has refuted the report that he was denied entry at the Thursday NEC meeting of the party by the governors.

Media reports reported that Tinubu who was seen at the venue of the NEC meeting was said to have been denied access by governors over his position on the use of direct primary which is not in their favour.

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Mr. Tunde Rahman, Bola Tinubu’s media aide in a statement said his principal was only at the party secretariat, venue of the NEC meeting because he had an appointment with the APC National Chairman.

Tunde said some governors who were not comfortable with the direct primary model protested his presence, thinking he had come to drum up support.

His statement reads:

“Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) did not attend nor made to attend the NEC meeting. Let me set the record straight for the sake of those who may unknowingly believe the lie set as truth for selfish political reasons. Asiwaju is not a member of NEC because he did not feel he should be ab initio.

“If he had wanted he could have chosen even the lowly one by being an ex-officio member and no one could have stopped him then. He never attended any NEC meeting before now and won’t make to attend any now.

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“Truth he had an early morning appointment with the Chairman, Oshiomhole. As he made to leave the party secretariat that Thursday, President Buhari arrived for the NEC meeting. He waited, received the president, saw him enter for the NEC meeting and left.

“But some of those governors who, afraid of their own shadows and possible nemesis by engaging with the generality of their party members at open primaries, are averse to direct primaries, felt Asiwaju had chosen to attend the meeting to canvass support for the model.”

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