Former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied rumours of an existing rift between him and the President, Muhammadu Buhari.
The APC chieftain maintained that contrary to rumours, he did not publicly criticise the policies and performance of the administration.
Tinubu in a statement issued on Tuesday through his spokesman, Sunday Dare said the statement attributed to him as regards critiquing the Buhari-led administration was false.
The statement read: “They were angry that some people would just manipulate and fabricate stories and go ahead to publish lies and absolute nonsense. All I could do was to calm them down. In the social media age, any knucklehead can publish or turn fact on its head. But we know this recent one is again coming from the stable of people who have sworn to destroy the relationship between President Buhari and Asiwaju Tinubu. Already, they have failed.
“The fact is this: Sam Omatseye, who is the chairman, editorial board of The Nation, is a journalist of repute and a powerful and independent mind, who needs no prodding before he writes. He has been running a weekly Monday column since the paper’s inception and cannot and does not speak for Asiwaju Tinubu. His Monday 30th May column, titled ‘When the bell rings twice’ is entirely an analysis by him, penned and signed by him.”