Presidency 2023: APC explains Tinubu’s visit to Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday explained the recent visit of the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to former President Goodluck Jonathan, saying that it was strategic for national unity and cohesion.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, indicated that the visit was worthy of commendation and emulation, rather than the outburst against the visit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The statement reads in part: “Rattled by the recent statesmanly visit of our Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

“The opposition PDP has hit the panic button in false alarm, saying the move won’t help our candidate and party.

“Again, the PDP proves itself as a party afflicted with chronic myopia, lacking in vision and incapable of recognising the imperative of elevating the common good of our country above partisan quibbles.”

Morka declared: “PDP’s obsession with puerile partisanship blinds it to existential and strategic opportunities to heal old wounds, mend fences and build bridges of national unity and harmony.

“The PDP’s track record of 16 years of misrule, corruption and squandermania, remains indelible in the consciousness of Nigerians.

“Contrary to PDP’s laughable claim that the duo of Asiwaju Tinubu and Sen. Shettima are distancing themselves from President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

“It is on record that this government deftly managed two economic recessions, and pulled the nation back from the precipice where PDP’s years of atrocious rule left it hanging precariously.”

Morka stated that the APC and its presidential candidate are seeking the mandate of Nigerians to consolidate on the foundation of restoration and greatness that had been laid across all sectors by the Buhari administration.

He said: “the PDP and its co-peddlers of hate and disunity could not stop this noble aspiration.”