A national leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on
his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck
Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National
Government.
Tinubu said in a statement by his media
office on Thursday that having refused the offer, Jonathan was looking
for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested
based on trumped up charges.
He said Jonathan blamed him for the
successful merger of the APC and the momentum the APC presidential
candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) was gaining.
Tinubu said with the North-West and the
South-West- the two most populous geo-political zones – in the hands, of
the APC, it was certain that the PDP would lose.
“From what can be gathered through
informed sources, the PDP and Jonathan Presidency had recently tried to
fracture the APC by offering Tinubu the position of vice President in an
interim government if he would agree to part company with the popular
Buhari. Once Tinubu rebuffed the offer to participate in the interim
scheme, the presidency decided to change tactics. It would no longer try
to entice Tinubu with sugar but would now move to silence and if
necessary neutralise him.
“The APC National leader has caused
President Jonathan’s team countless headaches this campaign season, his
declining the interim government offer is just the latest.”
The former governor said the recent hate
documentaries televised were part of the desperate attempt by Jonathan
to discredit him.
But the Director of Media and Publicity
of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi
Fani-Kayode, has described all these allegations as baseless and false.
Fani-Kayode in a statement said, “These
allegations are baseless and false. These people have become prisoners
of their own delusions and they have become victims of their horrific
and terrifying hallucinations.”
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