Tinubu opens up on relationship with Adamu

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has opened up on his long time relationship with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen Abdullahi Adamu.

Tinubu revealed this while reacting to some reports that he and Senator Adamu are not in accord since his emergence as the presidential candidate of the party.

Speaking after a visit to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, Tinubu said he and Adamu has come a long way since both were elected governors of their various states.

“We were governors together, before God put us together on this project again, he is going to deliver as the party’s chairman for me to become Nigeria’s president, and I am very confident of that.

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“They can say whatever they want to say, throw all the jabs they want, we are a party strongly determined to fulfill our dreams of turning Nigeria into a very progressive, highly developed, prosperous country,” he said.

Tinubu said that since his emergence as the APC Presidential Candidate, he has worked as a progressive toward ensuring victory at the poll.

He said that the APC was determined to change Nigeria into an advanced country with a bright future for Nigerians.

“It is a matter of great joy and honor for us to be here, especially me in particular, to interact with the team that authorized my becoming the candidate of our party.

“To all the members in attendance that day, we want to say thank you, we have come together as a political party and we have taken progressivism as our doctrine.

“We have to be progressive in our thinking, our did and objective to serve the country,” Tinubu said.

He said that the APC was not threatened by opposition parties, in its quest for victory at the 2023 general election as it was committed to democratic and progressive principles.

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“We are not threatened, we are committed to democratic principles and values, we are not bickering in any way,” the former two-term governor of Lagos State said.

This, he said, could not be said about other political parties which according to him, have been spewing fake statistics and wrong figures to Nigerians.

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He thanked the party’s leadership and delegates for voting him as the presidential candidate in the March 26 presidential primaries.

Tinubu said that his visit was to strategies for the presidential campaign, ahead of the Sept.28 commencement date with the party’s leadership with a view to ensuring an effective electioneering campaign.

He appealed to members of the party that may not be part of the presidential campaign team to be patient and to continue working for victory at all levels.

Earlier, Adamu expressed optimism that the APC would emerge victorious at the 2023 poll by God’s grace.

Some of the dignitaries accompanying Tinubu were his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, and the Director-General APC Presidential Campaign Council, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau.