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Tinubu Has Buhari’s Unwavering Support – Presidency

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June 14, (THEWILL) – The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is firmly in support of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday said that during an election season all kinds of speculations are expected to reach fever-pitch.

According to the statement, the media pores over every spoken word, scours every photograph taken and reports every indication suggested, seeking signs of who is supporting who like private investigators or fiction writers.

The statement read in part, “There is no greater intrigue for this kind of “speculation-journalism” than a presidential primary. But it only comes around once every four years – or every eight following President Buhari’s second term. Therefore, the media must make the most of it. So, what a disappointment the All Progressives Congress (APC) party flagbearer primary must have been for those who assembled to witness a catastrophe?

“There was no intrigue, no division, no disagreement, no defeated candidates rejecting the result, no splits, no third-party runs. Only a determination to rally round the chosen flagbearer to deliver victory and an APC third term in February 2023.

“The opposition’s reaction to this successful nomination convention has come by way of a counter offensive, so that we do not go on the offensive. In some instances, there is clear evidence of a conspiracy to destabilize the governing party and defame the President.”

It stated that the media was being inundated with made-up stories, speculating about the role of the President in the APC presidential primary on whether he had a favoured candidate or if manoeuvres were made to install them, as well as whether the chosen flagbearer was the President’s choice, or another, among other speculations.

Stating that speculation is easy, Shehu said but facts are simple.

According to him, the President always said he had a favoured candidate saying be said that candidate was whoever was chosen by the APC in a democratic primary to lead the party at the election.

“Those still assailing the APC and the President expounding conspiracy theories and making all manner of speculations about who did what or did not need to understand the important point about the country’s leader: President Buhari takes his own decisions and carries them out without the backup of a so-called “cabal” or back room boys.

“The strong leader myth in Nigeria has lasted far too long.

“People make assumptions that if you are a leader, you dominate everything, and even determine electoral outcomes.

“Luckily for Nigeria, President Buhari does not suffer from such constraints. He refuses to act as the elected autocrat.

“The President had a clear purpose leading up to the primary: to ensure a transparent, free and fair process that will bring back people’s faith in democracy by taking good governance up to the grassroots level.

“By this alone, people’s faith and that of the international community in our democracy has received a major boost since the completion of the APC nomination.

“The flagbearer has been chosen. He has the President’s unwavering support. The journey to victory continues”, he added.

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