2023 Presidency: Buhari’s Top Minister Explains Why Tinubu Is Not Doing Live Interviews

2023 Presidency: Buhari’s Top Minister Explains Why Tinubu Is Not Doing Live Interviews

  • APC campaign spokesperson, Festus Keyamo has revealed the real reason why Bola Tinubu is not doing live interviews
  • Keyamo, in a recent interview, noted that the former governor of Lagos state is not refusing to do or grant live interviews rather, 'campaigns have not started
  • Meanwhile, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, also maintained that live interviews are the strategy of the opponents and such strategy could not be forced on Tinubu

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The chief spokesman of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Festus Keyamo, described as fake news, a report in which Tinubu said he was not doing live television interviews like his main opponents.

Meanwhile, the social media was awash with comments that the APC presidential flag bearer was shying away from living interviews because of ill-health and incapacitation, following the report.

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Keyamo, in a chat with Vanguard newspaper, said Tinubu was not shying away from live interviews.

Bola Tinubu, Festus Keyamo, APC, 2023 elections, Kehinde Bamigbetan
Festus Keyamo says Bola Tinubu is not shying away from live interviews. Photo credit: @officialABAT
Source: Twitter

He noted that:

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“Campaigns have not started. The nation will hear from him again and again and again.”

Another APC chieftain reacts

Asked the same question, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, who is the deputy director, public affairs of the campaign council, said live interview is the strategy of Tinubu’s opponents and the strategy could not be foisted or forced on Tinubu.

He said:

“Tinubu is engaging in consultations. He is visiting and consulting many prominent Nigerians across the country.”

2023: Photos emerge as Tinubu seeks votes at Gombe gov’s son wedding

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lauded the northeast region for its overwhelming support for his political career.

Legit.ng reports that he also urged the residents of the state to redouble their support towards helping him achieve his aspiration.

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Tinubu made this appeal on Saturday, September 17, in his address shortly after the wedding Fatiha of Misbau Yahaya, son of the Gombe state governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, and his bride, Amira Babayo.

Tinubu or not: The real owner of TVC named as Keyamo spills

In a related development, the minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, has revealed the real owner of Television Continental (TVC).

In a Twitter Space organised by Bola Ahmed Tinubu campaign organisation on Sunday, September 11, Keyamo, who doubles as the spokesman for the body, said the former Lagos governor owns the media outfit.

As revealed by Keyamo, Tinubu started the media company ever before Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), got the license to open a private station in Adamawa.

Source: Legit.ng

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