Nigeria Presidency is obviously angry with and has sent curses after two or three newspapers in the country that have been trying to create frictions between it and the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Presidency which debunked insinuations by the said newspapers that Asiwaju Tinubu is under security watch over alleged plot against President Muhammadu Buhari said that such reports would lead the newspapers into hell.
A statement by senior special assistant to President Buhari on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu today called on Nigerians to ignore what he described as sensational story because it is false and baseless.
“We wish to confirm without any equivocation that the Asiwaju is not of any particular interest to any arm of the security services. The relationship between him and the President cannot be better than it is at the moment.”
He regretted that the newspapers in their perverted logic linked Asiwaju to a plot against the leader of the country, saying that the presidency is unaware of any such plots against the President.
“I got on the phone a short while ago with General Babagana Munguno, (Rtd), the National Security Adviser and the Director General of the SSS, Lawal Daura who both dismissed the published reports as acts of pure mischief. They are not aware of the Asiwaju being on any kind of watch.
“It would appear that a competition is on between two or three newspaper establishments on how best to breach the excellent relationship between the pillars of our party and government. So far, they have not made headway and there is no indication that they will succeed in the future. It suffices to say that such reports, written without fairness and balance can only take away from whatever is left of the credibility of these newspapers. The general public is hereby advised to ignore them on these reports.” [myad]
