President Muhammadu Buhari has backed the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead Nigeria in the right direction should he emerge as the winner of the coming 2023 Presidential election.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election will be held on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria.
Speaking in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Saturday, at the APC presidential campaign rally in the glare of thousands of supporters.
MDB reports that there have been rumours of bad blood between the President and Tinubu stemming from recent statements by the latter, which suggested that there might be sabotage from the Presidency against his (Tinubu) presidential ambition with the recent fuel scarcity and naira redesign.
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In Ogun State, for instance, during the APC presidential rally, Tinubu, speaking in Yoruba, was quoted to have said “Hide the petrol, hide the naira, we will still vote, we will win”
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He went on to say, “Even if you change the ink on naira notes, what you want will not happen. We will win. That umbrella party will lose. We will take this government from them — saboteurs that are dragging power with us.”
This caused a lot of reactions from politicians and party chieftains, suggesting a crack in the relationship between Buhari and the APC presidential candidate.
Quelling the rumours, Buhari, while speaking at the Nasarawa rally, confirmed that his friendship with Tinubu spanned over 20 years, assuring Nigerians that the APC presidential candidate would be a good president that would make the country better after him.
