Tinubu, APC Denies Hoarding New Naira Notes
Category: Nigeria News
The camp of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate,
Bola Tinubu, has debunked the claim of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party that he
is hoarding billions of new notes in certain states ahead of the general
elections.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on
Monday by
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mahmud Jega.
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The reaction was coming hours after the PDP through its National
Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, called on
Tinubu
and governors of APC states to immediately release the billions of new notes
allegedly in their custody.
Ologunagba accused the ruling APC and
its presidential candidate of trying to sabotage the system by diverting the
money when it became obvious that they cannot win in the forthcoming election.
While describing the allegation as spurious and devilish, Jega
stated that Nigerians have come to identify
Tinubu
as the ‘champion of the voiceless and underprivileged’ which could also be
seen in the manner he challenged the Central Bank of Nigeria to extend the
deadline and end the public suffering
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This is even as he explained that some of the propaganda targeted at the APC
in recent times were being spun by some paid PDP agents living outside the
country.
The statement partly read, “Our attention has been drawn
to the irresponsible and infantile allegation by
Atiku Abubakar’s Peoples Democratic Party, claiming that our presidential candidate,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is mopping up new naira notes to buy votes.
“The allegation is simply ludicrous, spurious and a desperate
attempt to divert public attention from the anti-people posturing of the PDP
candidate, after he and Labor Party candidate, Peter Obi asked the Central
Bank of Nigeria not to extend the deadline for the use of old naira
notes.
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“They took the position despite the pains our compatriots are
experiencing. They actively promoted the sanctity of the deadline in the
calculated hope of reaping a political windfall from the people’s suffering.
“We want to assure Nigerians that claim is utterly false. Also
spurious, devilish and unconscionable is the claim by two UK-based Nigerians,
one Bulama Bukarta and one Jafar Jafar, that the currency change was made
because
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
stockpiled billions of naira in every state with the intention of vote
buying.
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“There is no iota of truth in this claim which was concocted for mischievous
and devilish purposes by these PDP agents. The duo claimed they “heard” the
“information” from “knowledgeable sources.” These “sources” clearly exist only
in the partisan imagination of Bulama Bukarti and Jafar Jafar.
Jega lamented that the duo made the serious allegation recklessly
without a shred of evidence, believing that by living in the UK, they are
beyond the reach of Nigerian laws of defamation.
He, therefore,
called on Nigerians to disregard the allegations peddled by the PDP and its
surrogates while holding on to their conviction that
Tinubu
and his running mate, Senator
Kashim Shettima
ticket would deliver at the polls with a landslide.
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