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“Tinubu Is Too Timid To Answer Questions” – Atiku’s Aide Knocks APC Candidate For Avoiding Debates

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The Special Assistant to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu has slammed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu for constantly avoiding direct media engagements and public debates with other candidates.

Shaibu in a statement on Monday said Tinubu is too timid to answer questions on his own and his handlers can’t trust him to answer questions on his own, hence the decision to shield him from the media and the public.

Atiku’s aide spoke against the background of the APC candidate’s latest decision to avoid participating in the debate organized by Arise TV in collaboration with the Centre for Development and Democracy (CDD) at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on Sunday.

Naija News recalls Tinubu didn’t attend the debate nor did he send a representative.

According to Shaibu, Tinubu is the only one of the 18 presidential candidates for 2023 who has not had any direct interview with the media because he is avoiding answering questions about his background and source of wealth.

Reacting in a statement titled ‘You can run, but not hide’, Shaibu said: “Conscience is an open wound only the truth can heal, says the great Usman Dan Fodio. Unfortunately, when a person’s persona is built on a lie, then such a person’s conscience will continually haunt him, forcing him to exhibit paranoia even when no one is chasing him.

“Since then, Tinubu has continued to avoid public scrutiny or elaborate media interviews where he can answer questions about his source of wealth and his background. Now that he is seeking the highest office in the land, Tinubu has made it clear that he will not attend media interviews or debates. In other words, he wants automatic job employment without an interview.

“What an irony, given that this is a man who claims to have the mental capacity to transform Nigeria. It is more worrisome coming just a few days after the Youth Leader of the APC, Dayo Israel, said whether Nigerians like it or not, Tinubu will be the next President. Perhaps, he seeks to become President through the backdoor.

“On the surface, it may appear as arrogance but it is much deeper and more sinister. This is a clear attempt by a man to defraud over 200 million people and is asking them not to interrogate him.

“Since emerging as the Presidential candidate of the party in early June, Tinubu has not shared a stage with any of the candidates. He was absent from the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), he was absent from the Peace Accord signing, he failed to attend the conference by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and recently, he did not deem it fit to grace the Arise Town hall meeting even though he was in Abuja.

“A day earlier, Waziri Atiku Abubakar had granted a live interview to the Voice of America. He was on his way back but couldn’t make it in time for the Arise TV Town hall and informed the organisers that he would not be able to attend because he was out of the country and sent his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, to represent him. But Tinubu neither showed up nor sent a representative even though he was in Abuja.

“Instead, his Campaign Spokesman, Festus Keyamo, issued a puerile statement, saying the APC candidate would neither attend media interviews or debates but would rather attend town hall meetings organized by his party and filled with members of his party.”

Nigerians Can’t Be Deceived

Shaibu added that Tinubu’s handlers are too scared to allow him to face the media because they know he would goof.

He added that Nigerians must not allow themselves to be fooled by the APC for a second time just like what happened with President Muhammdu Buhari in 2015.

“Nigerians must open their eyes and not allow themselves to be deceived by a man who is bringing despair that is cloaked as renewed hope. With barely 100 days to the Presidential election, 17 Presidential candidates have had interviews with the media. Only one has continued to evade the media and that is the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“It is clear that Tinubu is too timid to answer questions. His handlers cannot leave him on his own because he will surely goof as he has always done. Instead, they present him as a genius to Nigerians and prevent him from speaking since silence cannot be quoted. This was the same way they sold the APC in 2015 until the façade later came crashing down. Nigerians must not repeat this disaster in February lest we become a laughing stock in the comity of nations,” he said,