{"id":74512,"date":"2020-06-29T07:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=74512"},"modified":"2020-06-29T07:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:08:39","slug":"buhari-denies-rift-with-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/buhari-denies-rift-with-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Denies Rift With Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said his relationship with the National<\/div>\n
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Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is intact.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said it is not
\ntrue that both leaders are at war as being speculated following the
\ncrisis rocking the ruling APC.<\/p>\n

The statement reads:<\/p>\n

The removal of the APC leadership known to have been backed the party\u2019s
\nNational Leader had fuelled suspicion of a fractious relationship
\nbetween the duo.<\/p>\n

The very essence of the requests put to the Emergency National Executive
\nCommittee meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by President
\nMuhammadu Buhari, which were unanimously approved aim to pull back the
\nparty, faced with an existential crisis from the brink of collapse,
\nfollow the constitution and take everyone along.<\/p>\n

While this action has been widely accepted with great relief by lovers
\nof democracy and the rank and file of the membership, we are concerned
\nthat political vulturism masquerading as “smart analysis” is selling the
\ncommentary that this is a Buhari-Tinubu “showdown.” Nothing can be
\nfarther from the truth.<\/p>\n

To put the records straight: In the formation of this great party and
\ngiving it leadership, President Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
\nwho are reckoned as the founding fathers of the APC are both inspired by
\ndemocratic norms, national interest and not at all by partisan
\nmotivations. These are the qualities that have made them move past
\ncynical distractions.<\/p>\n

They are in touch with one another. Their relationship remains as strong
\nas ever and between the two of them, only they know how they manage
\ntheir enviable relationship.<\/p>\n

Try as hard as they could, the opposition parties have used all their
\nintellectuals and their supporters in the media to break this
\nrelationship and have failed. And they won’t.<\/p>\n

For President Buhari who has received much of the cynical commentary,
\nNigerians know him as someone who will not do anything with bad
\nintentions. Neither will he do anything out of partisan motivations or
\nfor himself.<\/p>\n

This whole exercise, that should lead to massive reform and overhaul of
\nthe leadership of the party, as he said in that brilliant speech, was
\n”to save the APC from the imminent self-destruction. We have to move
\nahead. We have to take everyone with us and ensure that the party is run
\nin accordance with democratic norms and with consensus. We have to work
\nfor the benefit of the country.”<\/p>\n

The leaders of the party, who have received two successive massive
\nmandates to govern the country and a majority of the states should be
\njudged by how this exercise turns out in achieving these objectives, not
\ncursed at the mere commencement of the process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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