Former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Monday asked state house correspondents not to discuss the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari with him. He, however, commented on cabals in Aso Rock.
He fielded questions from reporters at the end of Monday’s meeting. However, when asked to comment on the groups endorsing Buhari for reelection, he simply said: “Don’t discuss that one with me”.
“I just met with the president. Our discussion was fruitful, productive and it was about the country and leadership as a whole. And that got him excited and happy,” he said.
“I have confidence in this president, there is no doubt about that. We worked hard to bring about the government, there are certain things that are unpredictable and those are things that can lean itself to gossips, insinuations and all of that.
“But once you create leadership and it is functioning, you don’t have to babysit that leadership unless there is a loss of confidence and I don’t have that.
“You know me. I’ve not known to shy away from talking my mind and rebelling if it is necessary and taking charge of things that I believe are necessary.”
In his reaction to the report of a cabal in the presidency, Tinubu said:
“What is the myth in this leadership thing? What is cabal? It’s a myth.
“We are the party of the people for the people and by the people and this is a democratic environment. Each of us has our roles to play and that is why we are playing it.
“I don’t believe in the myth, I believe in confidence building, the trust that we have in the president. In the journey of democracy you are going to have twists and turns, you are going to have conflicts. Conflicts resolution mechanisms is inbuilt on how you handle your party and the governance and the party are joined by the hips.”
Speaking on the allegation that he had been sidelined despite the contributions he made to the victory of APC, he said: “Once you create leadership and it is functioning, you don’t have to babysit that leadership unless there is a loss of confidence and I don’t have that.
“We are the party of the people for the people and by the people and this is a democratic environment. Each of us has our roles to play and that is why we are playing it… In the journey of democracy, you are going to have twists and turns, you are going to have conflicts. Conflicts resolution mechanisms is inbuilt on how you handle your party and the governance and the party are joined by the hips.
“The APC government is on course and will remain on course. We will remain focused to those necessary things about development, welfare and progress of our people. It’s not easy to face the challenges and the well that was dug, the sinkhole that we inherited, but we are sorting that one out gradually.”
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