Apparently, it has been
recently reported that the former Lagos state governor was put under
surveillance over an alleged plot against President Muhammadu
Buhari.
Premium Times
reports that Garba Shehu, the president’s senior special assistant, issued a
statement, to debunk the remours, describing it as false and baseless.
“The
attention of the presidency has been drawn to a false and sensational story by
a leading newspaper to the effect that a pillar of the governing party, the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is “under security watch over
alleged plot against Buhari.”
“We wish to confirm without any equivocation
that the Asiwaju is not of any particular interest to any arm of the security
services. The relationship between him and the president cannot be better than
it is at the moment.
“According
to the perverted logic of the newspaper, the respected leader of the APC is
into a plot against the leader of the country. The presidency is unaware of any
such plots against the President.
“I
got on the phone a short while ago with General Babagana Munguno, (Rtd), the
National Security Adviser and the Director General of the SSS, Lawal Daura who
both dismissed the published reports as acts of pure mischief. They are not
aware of the Asiwaju being on any kind of watch.
“It
would appear that a competition is on between two or three newspaper
establishments on how best to breach the excellent relationship between the
pillars of our party and government.
“So far, they have not made a headway and
there is no indication that they will succeed in the future. It suffices to say
that such reports, written without fairness and balance can only take away from
whatever is left of the credibility of these newspapers. The general public is
hereby advised to ignore them on these reports.”
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