Distractors are responsible for the widespread news of alleged plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to remain in office for a third term, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said.
Tinubu made the declaration on Tuesday while speaking with State House correspondents shortly after a meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said he knew the president well and that he would not be persuaded to do such a thing.
His words: “Any reasonable politician who had worked with President Muhammadu Buhari will know that he will not (tamper with the Constitution). Distractors are always suspicious and will make accusations, but I was in the trench, in the struggle for democracy.
“I was in the trench and in the opposition with Muhammadu Buhari till the third term agenda of a former leader of this country failed. I know he will never.
“He has the courage and the character to refuse such a temptation even if offered to him. I believe in him and I believe Nigerians should also believe in him.”
Tinubu described Buhari as a man of character and integrity.
Explaining the purpose of his visit, the former governor of Lagos State said he had come to “look at things and wish him well in the office for this new decade and make some points on the stability, security and a number of issues around the country.”
Tinubu also spoke about the 2023 election, saying that it was too early to speak about zoning.
“We have just finished one election and Mr. President is busy sorting out the budget, working for the people of this country. Of course, restlessness of politics is going to be there, but any lover of this country will not talk about the succession plan yet. That’s the truth.
“Concentrate on working for the country, help the president to help the country. There’s nothing more than that,” he said.
