JUST IN: APC To Punish Tinubu Over Utterances Against Buhari

The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has described as unacceptable the outburst of a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu against President Muhammadu Buhari.

Noting that the apology later offered by Mr Tinubu was not enough, the party said it may punish the presidential aspirant for the outburst.

Briefing newsmen at the APC headquarters in Abuja on Saturday, the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu said, “We may punish him (Tinubu) for his utterances against the President.”

When he visited Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday, Tinubu had told delegates of the ruling party that without him, Buhari would not have been president.

He said after three election loses, Buhari wept and said he would not contest again, but he (Tinubu) went to Katsina and asked Buhari to run again and that he would win because he and others were on the president’s side.

The comment had sparked negative reactions across the country, with many accusing Tinubu of likening himself to God.

Meanwhile, the APC National Chairman, Adamu also said no presidential aspirant had been disqualified from contesting at the party’s presidential primary slated for Monday.