Photos Show APC Used Donald Duke's Childhood Picture as That of Tinubu in Its Campaign Magazine

Photos Show APC Used Donald Duke's Childhood Picture as That of Tinubu in Its Campaign Magazine

  • Days after Donald Duke accused the APC of using his childhood photo as that of Tinubu, photos have shown the ruling party used it in a a magazine
  • The magazine is the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council's Frequently Asked Questions about Tinubu
  • Duke had said the photo was taken when he was a student of the Federal Government College in Sokoto

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Twitter - Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River state recently raised an alarm that his childhood picture is being used as that of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.

The photo was used in a pro-Tinubu documentary on several Nigerian Television stations.

Tinubu
Tinubu and his media aides have been silent about the allegations made by Duke. Photo credit: @OfficialABAT
Source: Twitter

After the alarm raised by Duke, the APC presidential candidate and his campaign team have remained silent on why the photo of the former Cross Rivers state governor was used as that of Tinubu.

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Recent photos which surfaced on social media also shows that the ruling party used Duke's picture in a magazine produced by its presidential campaign team.

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It is not clear why Tinubu and the APC are not using photos of the party's presidential candidate, rather than using that of another politician.

2023: Babachir Lawal reveals what Tinubu said about southeast before APC primaries

Meanwhile, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal on Thursday, November 24 alleged that Tinubu said campaigning in the southeast was a waste of time and resources during the party’s primaries.

Adamawa-born Lawal made the comment while speaking on a political programme aired on Channels Television.

He said:

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“During the convention, he didn’t even allow us go the southeast. He said it was a waste of time and money.”

2023: No presidential candidate better than Tinubu, says Ribadu

On his part, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has declared that no presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections is better than Tinubu.

Ribadu, a former presidential candidate on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, made the comment on Thursday, November 10 during the inauguration of the APC's directorate of stakeholder relations.

The Adamawa-born politician said the job of galvanising support for APC has been made easy with the emergence of Tinubu as the party's standard bearer.

Source: Legit.ng

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Jerrywright Ukwu Jerrywright Ukwu is an Abuja-based senior political/defence correspondent. He is a graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos and the International Institute of Journalism in Abuja. He is also a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He spends his leisure-time reading history books. He can be reached via email at jerrywright39@yahoo.com.