The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday dissociated himself from actions of some governors elected on the platform of the party who have openly confronted President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision on the new and old Naira notes.
A statement emanating from Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media of the campaign council of the APC, said report by an online medium which said Tinubu was behind the confrontations by some governors against President Buhari was false.
The statement quoted Onanuga as saying that “Tinubu never issued such an order and Mr Dele Alake, the APC-PCC Adviser on Media and Communications never issued such advisory on behalf of Asiwaju Tinubu.”
It added that Tinubu has been known, since the currency swap crisis started, to call for calm as the authorities try to find out a solution to the currency swap problem.
It said, “He has offered a six-point suggestion to lessen the anguish our people are facing in trying to get money from the banks.
“He has also held several meetings with President Buhari, his leader over the matter.”
It is thus inconceivable and unthinkable that he would instruct APC governors to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari’s order on the currency matter.
Governors who have so far declared this line of action said clearly that they were acting on the ruling of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. Asiwaju has had no influence in this decision.
The statement reads: “Journalists, unless acting on the dictates of political opponents or prosecuting some agenda, should endeavour to confirm authorship of their materials from the Media and Publicity Directorate of the campaign. They can also seek confirmation from the Tinubu Media Office or Mr. Alake.”
