JUST IN: Tinubu Speaks Finally, States His position Concerning Dissolution of APC NWC, 2023 presidency
Afnews Editor
Jun 27, 2020
Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he has not taken a decision to run in 2023 contrary to speculations, maintaining that he was more worried about the health and economic challenges facing the country at the moment.
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In a statement he released on Saturday afternoon, he commented for the first time on the ouster of the Adams Oshiomhole-led national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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The NWC was dissolved on Thursday by the party's national executive committee (NEC) at an emergency meeting.
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This was seen as a blow on Tinubu's rumoured presidential ambition because of his closeness to Oshiomhole.
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"To those who have been actively bleating how the President's actions and the NEC meeting have ended my purported 2023 ambitions, I seek your pity. I am but a mere mortal who does not enjoy the length of foresight or political wisdom you profess to have. Already, you have assigned colourful epitaphs to the 2023 death of an alleged political ambition that is not yet even born," he said.
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"At this extenuating moment with COVID-19 and its economic fallout hounding us, I cannot see as far into the distance as you. I have made no decision regarding 2023 for the concerns of this hour are momentous enough."
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