There Is No Rift Between President Buhari And Tinubu - Presidency

Posted by Nicholas on Mon 13th Jul, 2015 - tori.ng

The Presidency has slammed reports that there's bad-blood between leader of the APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari over the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly.

APC leaders, Bisi Akande, Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu, Abubakar Atiku

Contrary to reports alleging that there is a rift between President Buhari and the national Leader of the All Progressives Congress following the crisis in the National Assembly, the presidency has come out to deny the reports.

According to the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mallam Garba Shehu, the challenge before the key leaders of the APC is more than the leadership tussle in the National Assembly as they have regular meetings to discuss how to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

According to The Nation, Shehu said there is absolutely no rift between President Buhari and Tinubu since the two have met and talked on a few occassions.

“The President maintains excellent relationship with his friends and who are these people? They include Baba Bisi Akande, one of the most respected individuals that you see around the President; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who, a week or so ago, was in Aso Rock and had a hilarious discussion with the President. Just two days ago, they were inquiring about former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to attend the Ramadan breakfast. The President keeps his friends,” he said.

Shehu said Buhari will not get involved in the ongoing crisis rocking the National Assembly following the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House of Representatives, contrary to the wishes of the party’s leadership.

Meanwhile, President Buhari has reportedly refused series of moves by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to meet with him.