2023 Presidency: “Biden Is As Old as Tinubu, It’s No About Age”, Influential APC Chieftain Slams Critics

2023 Presidency: “Biden Is As Old as Tinubu, It’s No About Age”, Influential APC Chieftain Slams Critics

  • Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is believed to be okay with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployment for the forthcoming polls
  • Mike Msuaan, the APC presidential campaign council, northcentral director of national youth mobilisation, revealed on Thursday, November 24
  • He slammed, aiming a dig at the age of Tinubu whilst comparing the APC flagbearer with President Joe Biden of the United States

FCT, Abuja - The controversy surrounding the age of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has once again been addressed.

Powerful APC chieftain, Mike Msuaan said Tinubu’s age is not a barrier as he urged people to focus more on his capacity.

Bola Tinubu, Joe Biden, 2023 election
Mike Msuaan revealed that Tinubu is in full support of the usage of BVAS at the forthcoming 2023 polls. Photo: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Msuaan made this known during a meeting of APC stalwarts in Abuja on Thursday, November 24.

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While making reference to the age of US president, Joe Biden, Msuaan, said:

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“The US president is as old as Tinubu. It’s not about age. It’s about what you have upstairs. Tinubu has the experience better than all of them.
“The right thing the president would do is to assemble the best hands for the country. He has been tested and trusted. He did it in Lagos and he is going to do it for Nigeria.”

2023 election: Msuaan reveals Tinubu's take on BVAS

Msuaan when asked if the APC flagbearer is in support of the newly introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the forthcoming general elections, he said:

“Why should the APC be afraid of BVAS and electronic transfer of results when the youths are strongly behind us? Why should we be afraid? I told you that if election is conducted tomorrow we are going to win.

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“They are the ones running after us. We have already given them more than 30 per cent gap ahead. And by tomorrow, if elections were conducted, we would give them more than 50 per cent. We are very comfortable with the arrangement made by INEC."

Msuaan who heads the northcentral youth department for the presidential campaign council of the APC boasted that opposition parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party a miles behind the ruling the party.

2023: Ex-SGF reveals what Tinubu said about campaign in south-east during APC primaries

Meanwhile, Babachir Lawal has made a strong revelation about Bola Tinubu, the ruling All Progressives Congress flagbearer.

In the buildup of the 2023 elections, Lawal claimed Tinubu during the party's primaries, was not in support of campaigning in the southeastern states of Nigeria.

The aggrieved APC chieftain noted that the former governor of Lagos state said campaigning in the southeast was a waste of time and money.

Source: Legit.ng

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Segun Adeyemi (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.