The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has debunked rumours of his alleged meeting with the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
According to a report by Daily Trust an
organisation that called itself the Sokoto State Coalition of PDP
supporters, had alleged that Tinubu and other APC chieftains met with
the INEC chairman to influence the election in favour of APC.
Other
APC Chieftain accused of being in the meeting were the National
Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole; Senator Adamu Aliero and Zamfara
State Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari, met with Yakubu in order to influence
the Sokoto State governorship rerun election in favour of APC.
However, Tinubu Media Office yesterday, described the allegation as “desperate untruth without a basis in fact.”
The statement reads:
“Our
attention has been drawn to a partisan advertorial in the 21st March
edition of Daily Trust. This advertorial, placed by a shadowy
organisation calling itself the Sokoto State Coalition of PDP
Supporters, bears the logo of PDP National Youth League and is signed by
one Engr. Haruna Usman Shagari.
“Titled “Inconclusive
Gubernatorial Election: Sokoto People Warn Tinubu, Oshiomole, Yari,
Bagudu and others,” the advert makes baseless allegations against
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives
Congress (APC); Comrade Adams Oshiomole, Chairman of APC; Senator Adamu
Aliero and Zamfara Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari.
“It falsely alleges
that Asiwaju, along with the others, met the INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood
Yakubu in order to influence the Sokoto State gubernatorial rerun
election in favour of APC.
“These allegations by a contrived PDP organ are desperate untruths without a basis in fact.
“But they are entirely in line with the delusional reactions of PDP to their devastating loss in the presidential elections.
“The
entire PDP hierarchy have been scared and jumping at their own shadows
since the election. They have been seeing phantom conspiracies and
imaginary gatherings that make us wonder whether they remain connected
to reality.
“Most recently, they alleged that Asiwaju was
physically in Kano to manipulate elections there. They backed up this
fraudulent allegation with photographs of Asiwaju and the Kano Governor
taken last year in Lagos.
“For so long and so often, they cannot
even get right the whereabouts of one man. That they can’t even tell the
truth about the location of a single person shows that they are
incompetent to manage the complex affairs of an entire state.
“It
is a matter of public record that Asiwaju has always been at the
forefront of the struggle for electoral reform; a struggle that
culminated in the establishment of the Uwais Commission by late
President Umaru Yar’adua.
“A prominent member of that panel, Prof
Attahiru Jega later became the INEC Chairman and was able to implement
the far-reaching reforms that have enabled us to have the free and fair
elections that we witnessed in 2015 and now in 2019.
“If Asiwaju was such a prominent supporter of electoral reforms, why would he now be among those trying to subvert democracy?
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