A national leader of the All Progressives Congress [APC], Bola Tinubu, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of mounting a campaign to block him from picking the vice presidential ticket of the party.
He said the president and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], were afraid that the combination of a former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, and himself as the APC presidential and vice presidential candidates, could wreck them in the February 14 election.
He was responding to an article published in a popular online medium, Sahara Reporters titled, “How Jonathan Blackmailed Bola Tinubu before 2011 Presidential Election: Season of Wrong knives.”
The former Lagos governor is accusing the President of being behind the report even though Sahara Reporters  is not known to be a fan or mouth piece of Mr. Jonathan.
Mr. Tinubu, is angling to run on the same ticket in the presidential election with Mr. Buhari, who was elected the APC candidate last Thursday.
However, it is believed that some of the party’s leaders are not comfortable with the combination because both are Muslims.
The statement by the Tinubu Media Office, on Tuesday, said the unfolding “smear campaign” against the former governor did not come as a surprise.
It said the campaign against Mr. Tinubu had been in the works for years since the Jonathan-led government realized that the APC leader commanded a powerful political followership.
“The successful merger and birth of the APC posed the most potent threat to the PDP and Tinubu, an architect of the merger, has become a marked man,” the statement said.
“The thought of a Buhari-Tinubu ticket confounds the PDP hierarchy and their crisis-battered president. That Tinubu might be nominated as General Buhari’s running mate also incenses the small element within the APC who joined the party not for its progressive vision but to exploit its platform to press forward their vision of themselves.
“Having failed at halting General Buhari’s bid, the PDP disinformation machine has thrown itself into overdrive trying to stymie the selection of Tinubu. Sadly, some elements within the APC – elevating their personal ambition over party and national interests — have lent themselves to this endeavour.”
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Pdp goons.... can't u guys live without lies

chamboy:
Pdp goons.... can't u guys live without lies

Is Tinubu now PDP?

One thing I know 4 sure is that tinibu can never be loyal to buhari as His President if they eventually succeeds hence, the worst Govt the World shall ever witness.

APC....Disaster In Incubator

so he is interested to be a Vp

Can tinubu jst keep quiet n let other young n vibrant men,whom ar his boys anyway to run with an already old parked plane..# wen 2 old men run government we heading back to d stone age..

Gej dis is ur best time to win, n still ur best time to lose...

Vykiano:
Can tinubu jst keep quiet n let other young n vibrant men,whom ar his boys anyway to run with an already old parked plane..# wen 2 old men run government we heading back to d stone age..

Gej dis is ur best time to win, n still ur best time to lose...

2 old people that should be in old peoples home contesting to rule over a large nation like Nigeria, is this the best of APC??
what happened to younger member with brains

Just imagine this scenerio: Buhari dies in office, the vice is informed and the importance of the situation dawn on him, his old heart cannot handle the news and he also slump and join the statistic of cardiovascular accident.
NO president, no vice president. constitutional wahala.

I imagine this will be the least of Jonathan's problem now. Tinubu should just focus on how he'll force himself on his governors.

Tinubu put aside your selfish interest

And the oska award goes to tinubu for making the joke of the year!

Asiwaju peoples congress!
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abelbriggs:

Is Tinubu now PDP?

You the OP, U r a Tanist

bamosagie:
Just imagine this scenerio: Buhari dies in office, the vice is informed and the importance of the situation dawn on him, his old heart cannot handle the news and he also slump and join the statistic of cardiovascular accident.
NO president, no vice president. constitutional wahala.

double wahala.

bamosagie:
Just imagine this scenerio: Buhari dies in office, the vice is informed and the importance of the situation dawn on him, his old heart cannot handle the news and he also slump and join the statistic of cardiovascular accident.
NO president, no vice president. constitutional wahala.

Relax. APC will not smell Aso Rock in 2015.