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EXPOSED: APC Planning To Keep ‘Mentally Declining’ Bola Tinubu Away From Presidential Debates

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The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will take a decision on whether its presidential can­didate, Bola Tinubu, will participate in debates for the forthcoming presidential election slated for February 25, 2023.

Insider sources in the Tinubu/Shetimma Presidential Campaign Organisation inform The Trent that the decision has been made to keep the presidential candidate of the APC away from live interviews and the presidential debates for the season due to the former governor’s declining mental composure.

The Nigeria Election De­bate Group, NEDG, Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Centre for Democra­cy and Development, CDD, and other partners had an­nounced on Tuesday that they already outlined de­bates for the presidential candidates and their run­ning mates.

The Executive Secretary, NEDG, Eddie Emessiri, said the debate will be divided into four sessions beginning in Abuja on November 15.

The second leg comes up in Port Harcourt on Decem­ber 15 while Lagos will hold the third leg on January 19, 2023. The final stage is billed for Kano in February 2023.

The organisers stressed that three of the four ses­sions will focus on the pres­idential candidates while the remaining session to be held in Port Harcourt will be for the vice presidential candi­dates.

The theme of the first de­bate in Abuja will hinge on the economy while the exer­cise slated for Lagos would be on foreign policy, educa­tion and security.

Also, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said it has concluded arrangements with a global economic think-tank to organise a se­ries of presidential debates which are set to debut on November 5, 2022.

When asked if Tinubu will participate in the de­bate, Festus Keyamo (SAN), Chief Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presiden­tial Campaign Council and Minister of State, Labour, and Employment, informed Daily Independent that the decision will be taken at the higher level of the party.

“On the issue of debate, that decision is not going to be taken by me alone. I can’t stay here and give a com­mitment. It will be some decision taken at the higher level”, he said.

When asked if Tinubu will grant interviews like other presidential candidates, Key­amo wondered why Nigeri­ans are so particular about interviews when Tinubu is already speaking to Nigeri­ans at rallies and gatherings such as the Arewa summit held last week in Kaduna.

A journalist, Oseni Rufai, one of the anchors of the ‘Arise Morning Show’ on Arise News TV had tweeted that having interviewed oth­er presidential candidates such as Atiku Abubakar, Pe­ter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwank­waso and Omoyele Sowore, they eagerly await Tinubu’s presence on the show.

“We eagerly await the APC presidential candidate for an interview on Arisetv, we have had Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso, Sowore, and others. We will like to hear his ideas for Nigeria and chat about them!”

When contacted, Keyamo wondered why some Nigeri­ans are fixated on interviews when Tinubu is already ad­dressing issues raised at events and rallies.

According to him, the most important thing is for Tinubu to speak to Nigeri­ans and he has been doing that.

“Asiwaju Tinubu has been speaking at rallies and gath­erings. The most important thing is that he is speaking to Nigerians. What’s all this fixation about sitting down in an interview?

“He is speaking every­where he goes. Are they not seeing him? He is addressing issues. He is talking to Nige­rians everywhere he goes”, Keyamo said.

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