APC leader says he and Buhari are still friends

Tinubu spoke in reaction to a rumour that he publicly condemned Buhari’s policies and his performance, Punch reports.

“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,” Tinubu’s aide, Sunday Dare, said via a statement.

“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,” he added.

Buhari attributed his victory in the 2015 elections to Tinubu after he said that the APC wouldn’t have won the polls without Tinubu’s help.