Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), has denied ever apologising to Bode
George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
for allegedly influencing his imprisonment back in 2009.
George bagged 30 months jail term for contract splitting
and inflation during his tenure as chairman of the Nigerian
Port Authority (NPA).
He had never hesitated to claim innocence, describing his
trial as unjust.
However, in an interview with Punch Newspaper , the PDP
stalwart claimed that Tinubu had apologised to him for
contributing to his travails and that both of them have been
greeting one another whenever they met in public.
“He thought I hated him so much and convolutedly
conspired to use a judge to put me in prison,” George had
said.
“We later met at the Adamasingba stadium Ibadan, at the
burial of my good friend, Alao Arisekola. The governor of
Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, who is a younger brother of mine,
sprang up and said, ‘Why are you and Tinubu not greeting
each other?’ and I said Bola is on a different planet from
mine. Oba Otudeko was also there and he said, ‘Today at
the burial of our mutual friend, Arisekola, we should end our
hostility’ and I told them that he was involved in the
conspiracy to lock me up. They called Bola, he shook my
hand and said he was sorry. It was in public. Since then, if
we meet in public, we greet each other but our concepts of
politics are different.”
But in a statement issued by his media office on Tuesday,
Tinubu’s account of the encounter with George contradicted
that of the former NPA chairman.
“On that date, personalities such as Oba Otudeko and
Governor Ajimobi approached me because I did not greet
Mr. George initially,” he said.
“They pleaded that, in the memory of the man we were all
gathered to honour, I should greet Mr. George. At their
request, I turned back and came to greet him by saying
‘Good Afternoon Egbon’. That was all.
“If Mr. George wishes to interpret that as an apology, he has
the right to do so. I also have the right to state categorically
that no apology was made or even intended.”
Tinubu further mocked George, saying it was wrong for him
to be claiming that he was wrongly imprisoned.
“From my recollection, Mr. George was found guilty by a
court of competent jurisdiction based on convincing
evidence of wrongdoing. He insults the judiciary by implying
that his conviction was wrongly derived,” he said.
“He was charged by the government ruled by his own party
for an offence concerning financial irregularities at the
Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, an appointment he received
from that same government. It is an incredible tale indeed
to state that somehow I could direct a party that tried to
dismantle the progressive political structure of my party to
bring down one of its key members.
“The more plausible explanation for his legal tribulation was
that a member of his own cabal blew the whistle on Mr.
George’s antics for reasons that only he and that person
truly know. In the end, it was Mr. George’s own hand and
actions that led to his incarceration more than anything I
could ever have done.
“I think he is trying to find a way to walk back from his
election hyperbole that he would go on exile if the APC won
the Lagos state governorship election. He realizes that
Lagos under the APC is a very good place to live after all. If
he wants to remain in Lagos, he does not have to
manufacture an excuse or explain away his bad words.
Neither the APC nor I have any aims against him.
“In the election, the people rejected his party and his brand
of politics. That is enough for us. We move on to greater
progress. We have no time or inclination to trouble
ourselves by troubling Bode George. Any trouble he is
experiencing is a product of his own mind.”



www.thecable.ng/tinubu-never-begged-intended-beg-bode-george

Beg tani? On what benchmark? A man that is looking for who will escort him as he goes on exile before May 29th

who cares?

I love this man called TINUBU AKA "jagaban of africa i dont no why.

Thief Bode George is just looking for relevance by framing all his political lies that are still in excess after himself & his corrupt party were rejected by Nigerians. Anyway,he should not forget to go on his self acclaimed exile & he should also remember to refund his stolen money before going on his exile.

Ahmed0336:
who cares?

NFCS dose

Tinubu baba oooo I knw dat foolish old man called bode george is lying

but what is wrong if 1 party apologise?
Are they going to b enemies forever

Hhh.

I love the Naija drama. Its usually ib parts and episodes.

Waiting for part 3 from Bode George