The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that he does not have the power to stop the Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, from attending rallies or other engagements of the party.
Tinubu made the declaration in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Tunde Rahman, against the backdrop of a report that he had stopped Ajimobi from leading the campaign ahead of the governorship election in the state.
“Who can dare stop him? We want him in and at the rallies. Asiwaju’s intervention in Oyo was to engender genuine reconciliation. To exclude this good and able governor would have aborted this mission before it started,” the statement reads.
“Asiwaju views Governor Ajimobi as highly disciplined and a committed and respected party leader, unlike some others who have no respect for party supremacy. The relationship between them remains solid and loyal. And one hundred false reports by one hundred SaharaReporters cannot change that reality,” the statement reads further.
Describing the report as totally false, Tinubu said the writer was obviously angered by the success of President Muhammadu Buhari of APC at the presidential election.
The statement reads: “This report goes beyond a lie. It is a vindictive attempt to sow discord because the writer is angered by the APC’s success in the presidential election. Thus, the writer has cast truth aside in his angry desire to inflict some kind of electoral wound on the APC.
“SaharaReporters seems unable to mend its ways. Instead of trying to publish what is fair and accurate, it rather grows its tales from seedlings of untruth and calumny. This online newspaper no longer bothers to offer the pretence of seeking the truth.
“For SaharaReporters, whatever is sensational must be true and whatever is true must be sensational.
“The real truth is that SaharaReporters no longer cares if its reportage is right. SaharaReporters just cares that it is widely read. It dare not allow veracity to hamper its business model. This is a disservice to ethical journalism which honours truthful, accurate reporting.”
