2023 Presidency: Why Buhari is Absent in Tinubu's Campaign Rallies, New Allegations Hit Jagaban

2023 Presidency: Why Buhari is Absent in Tinubu's Campaign Rallies, New Allegations Hit Jagaban

  • As et of allegations from the camp of the PDP hit the APC's presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, January 4
  • According to Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's flagbearer, President Buhari avoids Tinubu's campaign rallies because he lacks integrity
  • Moreover, Atiku claimed that Tinubu has a lot of questions to answer concerning his drug-related case over which he allegedly forfeited the sum of $460,000

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has replied his opponent in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on a claim that he lacks integrity.

In a statement on Wednesday, January 4, a spokesperson for Atiku/ Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation Kola Ologbondiyan, alleged that Tinubu is not qualified to speak on integrity because he has failed to clear himself of allegations against him, which bordered on integrity.

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Buhari, Atiku, Tinubu
Atiku said Buhari is absent in Tinubu's rallies because he lacks integrity (Photo: Atiku Abubakar, Buhari Sallua, Joe Igbokwe)
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Ologbondiyan stated that by accusing Atiku of being dubious, the APC's presidential candidate into an area he is least qualified.

According to Ologbondiyan, Tinubu’s lack of integrity is why President Muhammadu Buhari stayed away from his presidential campaign rallies.

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He is of the view that Buhari's continuous absence in Tinubu's rallies bespeaks his concern that the former Lagos governor lose in the coming presidential election.

According to him, the fact that the president is never seen in Tinubu's campaign rallies "showcases a concern by Mr. President that Tinubu, because of his lack of integrity, will lose a free, fair, and credible poll at the February 25 presidential election."

He added that Jagaban “is beleaguered by several allegations bordering on corruption, perjury, identity theft, inconsistencies in name as well as alleged narcotics offence, for which he forfeited a gargantuan sum of $460,000 to the United States of America.”

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Ologbondiyan called on Tinubu to defend himself on the allegation of the use of the picture of Donald Duke by his campaign organisation to portray him as a bright young man.

2023: Wike right, Atiku lacks integrity, Tinubu says in Kano as PDP crisis gets messier

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu continued his nationwide campaign rally in Kano on Wednesday, January 4th, urging the people of the state to vote for him in next month’s presidential election.

Tinubu who had been in Kano since midnight of Monday, January 2nd, where he met with Muslim leaders from the North-West in a town hall meeting on Tuesday, January 3rd, said he has what it takes to continue the developmental strides started by President Muhammadu Buhari after the 16 inglorious years of the Peoples Democratic Party in power.

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However, in his prepared text, he told Kano State people not to be deceived by allowing the PDP return to power under any guise as, according to him, it would be a return to maladministration in all areas.

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