‘Amoda Ogunlere’: APC speaks on Tinubu’s origin, names, birthplaces

The APC Presidential Campaign has responded to the birthers on the origin and family of its presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.

Critics and rival parties have claimed Tinubu is from Osun, and has changed his names and birthplace many times.

Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential campaign, Mr. Festus Keyamo, clarifying, cited the constitution.

“The Constitution section 131, Paragraph A says you have to be a Nigerian by birth. That’s the first requirement. So if Tinubu is from Osun State or from Lagos State, thank God they are not saying he is from Cameroon. He is not in the mode of those who claimed to come from one part of the country whereas by the time they were born that part of the country was in Cameroon,” the labour minister said during a Twitter Spaces Programme the media team organized.

“So whether Asiwaju is from Osun, Lagos or anywhere, Asiwaju is from Nigeria. So Asiwaju is qualified. It is very disrespectful and unfair to just generate cock and bull story against families. Either the family from Osun State, Amoda Ogunlere or the Tinubu family, you are disrespecting the families. The Amoda family has not come out to say this is my son or my brother and the Tinubu family has also not denied him. So what are they looking for? Is it that the Amoda family or Ogunlere family are not Nigerians or they are of lesser human beings. They need to tell us what they are saying.”