THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has insisted that the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was as at Tuesday, November 29 still in Abuja, not in the United States (US), as being speculated.
APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, November 30 in Abuja that the report was false.
He described the picture making the rounds that Tinubu was in the U.S. with President Joe Biden as fake and should be disregarded, adding: “A viral photograph showing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and U.S. President Joe Biden in talks at the White House is the latest in the series of misinformation being dished out by the political opposition.
“We cannot just fathom the purpose of the mischief and the falsehood which emanated from the rabid followers of Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate.
“The apparently photo-shopped image surfaced Tuesday night, on the heels of news that Asiwaju will embark on a foreign trip this weekend.”
Onanuga said although the US was listed among Tinubu’s destinations, he could confirm that the APC presidential candidate was in Abuja all through Tuesday, noting that Tinubu was in Abuja on Monday as well and had no need to surreptitiously leave Nigeria, like some other presidential candidates did.
He said the APC presidential candidate would be travelling to Bayelsa State for a rally on Thursday, December 1 in accordance with the party’s campaign programme, saying: “He is not scheduled to travel outside the country until the weekend for speaking engagements.
“His first port of call will be Chatham House in London, where he will speak on his Action Plan for Nigeria.”
