Fresh facts have emerged that Leader of\u00a0 the Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, paid $5000 to obtain the generic invitation from the Democratic Party campaign office, but claimed he was personally invited to attend by President Barack Obama as leader of Nigeria opposition.<\/p>\n
Obama, it has been revealed,\u00a0 did not personally extend what has been dubbed\u00a0 by Tinubu \u201ca gold card invitation\u201d to him to attend the Democratic party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. contrary to claims by him and his aides.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time Tinubu has been enmeshed in controversy bothering on false claims. The controversy surrounding his academic qualifications,\u00a0 his claim of being a Certified Public Accountant, and discrepancy in his age records are still fresh in memory.<\/p>\n
According to investigations by reporters of\u00a0 a United States based online medium, Sharpedgenews.com, the invite received by Tinubu was a generic kind sent out to donors by the campaign organization.<\/p>\n
The medium which is attending\u00a0 the convention, also revealed that the DNC denied ever inviting Tinubu on any official capacity as the \u201c leader of opposition\u201d in Nigeria
\nThe media team of\u00a0\u00a0 Tinubu\u00a0 had claimed that he\u00a0 was invited to the Democratic National Convention in his right as the leader of the opposition in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
According to his media aide Sunday Dare \u201c Tinubu\u00a0 will be at the ring side as the Democratic Party conduct activities that will culminate in the nomination of President Barrack Obama as its candidate for the November 2012 Presidential elections in the USA.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTinubu receives a gold card invitation which is prime and with this, he will be joined by three other eminent personalities \u2013 Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, Speaker Lagos state House of Assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji and former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos state, Mr Dele Alake.\u201d His statement added<\/p>\n
DNC sources irked by the suggestive news reports which is being interpreted that Barack Obama may have extended a preferential invitation to Mr. Tinubu in spite of similar politicians in his native country of Nigeria, said that such notion was further from reality as was claimed by\u00a0 the ACN leader<\/p>\n
The DNC source explained\u00a0 that the invite that was given to Tinubu was a generic type that similarly went to whoever donated more than $5,000 to the Obama campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe invitation card sent\u00a0 to Tinubu, the former senator from Nigeria, was generic and it generally goes from the campaign organization and not personally from President Obama,\u201d the highly placed source explained under condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
The source said that it would be difficult for anyone to implicate Obama in attempts at foisting a preferred leadership on Nigeria or Africa as that would negate the philosophy of Washington\u2019s new international engagement.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigerians are capable of determining its destiny,\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n
The source said that politicians are free to strategize, while explaining that \u201cit is immoral to deceive anyone that we are who we are not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis gentleman is not like your popular national icon, businessman Moshood Abiola, who was well-grounded and at home with many people in government and private sector. Americans don\u2019t want to be dragged into the affairs of any country through personal preferences. The man probably did what he had to do in order to gain access to the convention ground.\u201d The source said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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