2023 Presidency: Tinubu Lists 4 Conditions Before He Will Debate With Obi, Attend AriseTV Townhall Meeting

2023 Presidency: Tinubu Lists 4 Conditions Before He Will Debate With Obi, Attend AriseTV Townhall Meeting

  • APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has given conditions to Nigeria media and other groups calling for his appearance for a presidential debate ahead of the 2023 election
  • The presidential hopeful, through Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the APC PCC, asked for the manifesto of his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi
  • Tinubu also demanded that Obi should list his achievement when he was the governor of Anambra state, 2 other things were also demanded by the APC flagbearer

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Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed 4 conditions before he would engage his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, in a debate.

The APC presidential candidate's demands from Peter Obi, are also serving as a precondition for him to attend the presidential town hall meeting organised by Arise Television, The Guardian reported.

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Tinubu demands for Peter Obi manifesto, 3 other things before attending presidential debate Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The former governor of Lagos state spoke through the spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council (PCC), Festus Keyamo on Tuesday, November 29.

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The demands are listed below:

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  • Tinubu said he would only attend a debate with Peter Obi of the Labour Party if the former Anambra governor could only present his manifesto to the Nigerian public for scrutiny.
  • Keyamo also asked the Obi to list his achievement when he was the governor of Anambra state before any debate can hold.
  • The APC also demanded that the Labour Party flagbearer should name any political party he had formed as a politician.
  • Tinubu, through the spokesperson of the PCC then demanded that Obi should name his political mentees and let Nigerians know if they are still with him.

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Recall that the APC candidate had earlier disclosed that he would not attend the 3rd edition of the Arise TV presidential town hall meeting.

The meeting was organised in conjunction with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) after he failed to appear in the previous edition.

2023 presidency: Tinubu to relocate Nigeria's capital to Lagos after victory? Jagaban speaks

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, has dismissed the report that he had the intention of relocating the FCT from Abuja To Lagos if he succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a statement by his campaign council, Tinubu said the fake news is being sponsored by the PDP and Labour Party to demarket him in the northwest region of the country.

Tinubu clarified that he had no intention to relocate the FCT to Lagos and that those going around with the news are elders on the payroll of the PDP.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng