Tinubu Speaks On ‘Dumping APC’ After Meeting PDP Chieftains

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu has denied reports that he is planning to decamp to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of Saturday’s presidential election.

The former Lagos state governor made this known through his spokesman, Tunde Rahman, in Lagos On Thursday.

Rahman said some PDP supporters, led by the former spokesperson for the Department of State Services Marilyn Ogar cornered the APC leader at the Lagos airport and begged him for a selfie which is now being used for blackmail by the opposition party.

According to Rahman, Tinubu’s picture with the PDP women leaders has gone viral and is now being used by PDP social media ‘warriors’ to indicate that the national leader of APC may be thinking of dumping his party.

He said: “Yesterday on our way to Abuja, APC Leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, bumped into some PDP stalwarts at the Private Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

“These people who included ex-DSS Spokesperson Marilyn Ogar sought for a selfie with Asiwaju. Because he knows Ogar well and because of his mature politics, he allowed what he thought was a seemingly innocuous request.

“Now, Marilyn Ogar and PDP elements have turned this noble gesture depicted in the photograph below into a piece of propaganda machinery and an instrument of blackmail.

“They even want to place this photograph as an advertorial in Newspaper in their desperate attempt to smear Asiwaju and curry support. The photograph has been turned into an instrument of blackmail. This is sad indeed.

“With the way she is using this photograph, Marilyn Ogar has sunken low. Many who were there saw how they forcefully demanded the photograph and Asiwaju obliged them even without his trademark cap. Please ignore their propaganda.

“There is nothing more to the photograph than an acceptance of a seemingly harmless request for a photograph.”