The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
explained why its national leaders, Bola Tinubu and Bisi Akande were not
invited to a dinner with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, January 18.
Abdullahi said although he is not sure of the
criteria used in selecting top party members, there should not be much fuss
over their absence.
He said: “I don’t know what parameters they
used to invite people to the meeting, so I cannot say whether there was a
reason why they (Tinubu and co) were not at the meeting. But I am sure that if
there was a need for them to be a part of the meeting, they would have been
there.”
The APC said there was no need for the presence
of both leaders at the meeting which took place at the residence of President
Buhari two days ago.
Punch reports that the spokesperson for the
APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said Tinubu and Akande would have been at the dinner
with the president if there was a need for their presence.
Also speaking a media aide to Tinubu, said the
APC's national leader would not hestitate to attend a meeting called by the
president.
Tunde Rahman said: "There shouldn’t be any
issue about this at all. “Why are you trying to make a mountain out of a
molehill? If there was a need for Asiwaju Tinubu to attend the dinner, he would
not hesitate to be there.
“He had attended many meetings and dinners at
the Presidential Villa before when it was required of him to attend,"
Tinubu's media aide noted.
However, a source close to Akande said he is
sure the APC chieftain would not turn down such an invitation. “I am sure that
Baba would not turn down such an invitation from President Buhari if he had
been invited to the said dinner.
“You know that Baba Akande clocked 79 on
Tuesday and he is around. I am sure to a very large extent that he was not
invited to the dinner. He would have honoured the invitation if he was
invited," the source said.
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