Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
A
national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said
he is not quarelling with the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde
Fashola, over who becomes the next governor of Lagos.
Tinubu, who admitted that he and Fashola sometimes disagreed, said their relationship remained cordial.
In a statement issued on Saturday through
his media office entitled, ‘My relationship with Fashola is intact,’
the former governor of Lagos State maintained that a newspaper report
alleging that his relationship with his successor was frosty was false.
He said, “For a while now, I have noticed
and read many published political stories on Lagos politics in
particular and the personalities involved that are either concerted,
unsubstantiated, pure conjectures or outright falsehood. In this
instance, I reference a recent story ran by a major newspaper concerning
my successor and me. There is no doubt political charlatans and enemies
are at work fuelling unnecessary rumours and insinuations and seeking
to drive a wedge in an otherwise cordial and respectful political
relationship.
“My relationship with Governor Fashola
remains cordial both at the personal level and at the level of
commitment to ensuring Lagos State remains on the path of political
stability, growth and development. Whether Governor Fashola had a
specific candidate or not isn’t the issue here. What is important is to
have a transparent process in the spirit of democracy to which we both
subscribe. We often debate, agree or disagree. But when it comes to
concluding on the interest of Lagos State, we are on the same page.”
According to the APC chieftain, the
issues surrounding the recently held governorship primary of the party
in Lagos are being “over-blown.”
“What we have done is to ensure that no
one is denied his or her rights to participate and compete for any
elective position,” he said.
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