The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said their candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was referring to fifth columnists when he said certain individuals were attempting to frustrate his presidential ambition.
According to the campaign, Tinubu was being misquoted by opposition parties and media houses.
In a statement by the campaign Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, the campaign said President Muhammadu Buhari was doing his best but certain individuals were frustrating his effort.
Onanuga accused the opposition of attempting to create a wedge between Buhari and Tinubu by distorting the latter’s statement.
Onanuga said, “For the records, Asiwaju Tinubu during APC campaign rally at Abeokuta on Wednesday, in his statement, did not mention, blame or accuse President Muhammadu Buhari for the current challenges in the country.
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“Asiwaju Tinubu was only adverting government’s attention to the sabotage being carried out by some Fifth Columnists in the system, possibly working in cahoots with the PDP.
“The CBN officials, including Governor Godwin Emefiele have said many times that enough new Naira notes have been supplied to the banks, yet our people complain that they have not been able to get the new notes.
“In recent days, many ATMs are either not working or when working they are dispensing the old notes, just a few days to the January 31 deadline.
“Similarly, Asiwaju Tinubu is aware of the salutary efforts by President Buhari to end the fuel queues, by chairing a 14-man panel. Yet the queues and agony continue.”
Onanuga revealed that it is Tinubu’s duty as a candidate to warn the government that its efforts are being sabotaged.
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“For a presidential candidate, who cares about the suffering of our people, he has a duty to warn government that its efforts to make life better for Nigerians are being sabotaged on several fronts.
“Our presidential candidate only re-echoed what is well known and acknowledged, even by President Buhari himself at different fora: That there are Fifth Columnists in and outside of government who often throw spanners in the works against good intentions and programmes of the government,” he said.
The campaign warned the Peopls Democratic Party (PDP) against trying to cause a rift between the president and their candidate, saying their efforts would be in vain.
“PDP and Atiku should remember not to get high on their own smoke. No political blackmail and an attempt to create a conflict between Tinubu and his long-term ally, President Muhammadu Buhari can succeed.
“We have bad news for Atiku and his handlers: their latest mischief is therefore doomed to fail,” Onanuga said.
