Ebun Francis|
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday dismissed the threat posed by the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), former vice-president Atiku Abubakar.
At the end of a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu was asked by newsmen if he was worried about the strategy meeting called by Atiku in Dubai, UAE, to unseat the ruling party.
“We don’t fear. Whether it is in the jungle, or it is in Dubai or it is in Abu Dhabi, people are free to meet and strategise in anyway they want but we are not going back to the illusion of the PDP,” he replied.
“It is not possible, Nigerians will not do that. They say slow and steady wins the race. We inherited that from our forefathers and knowledgeable people. We can’t go back to the pit that we inherited for 16 years. They can strategise from anywhere but a leopard cannot change its skin.”
He said the meeting with Buhari was about “the nation, the country, our people, peace, stability, and economic progress”.
Asked if he was in support of the call for Adams Oshiomhole’s removal as APC national chairman, Tinubu said: “No. We all have to respect party supremacy. You were all here when we had the congress, we elected the new executives, the convention we had it, the NEC was formed and we surrendered to avoid conflict, to avoid domination, to avoid abuses of power, we surrendered our rights, all rights to the national working committee headed by Adams Oshiomhole.