Tinubu- I am Afraid PDP Will Stop Buhari 2019

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has threatened legal action against an online portal, which quoted him as saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019.

Tinubu described the report, which was published by an online medium (Not DAILY POST) dated 14th January with the title, “I am afraid PDP will stop Buhari in 2019 – Tinubu” as work of fiction concocted by the writer.

He said his legal team would sue the paper for libel.

A statement by the media office of the former Lagos State governor said, “No sane reporter would dare put his true names to this screed; it is pure libel. If the disciple of this libel truly believes in this account, we challenge him to visit Tinubu’s office or to announce where he can be found. Tinubu’s attorney will serve the writer with a complaint for libel. The writer will then have a chance to defend and explain himself in open court and before the public. If he is so sure of the fidelity of his tale, let him speak openly before us as to what he wants us to believe is the truth instead of slinking about writing lies in the anonymous dark.

“The falsity of the article is patently clear in that it does not even comport with the minimal standards of journalism. The writer fails to divulge the date or the place the alleged statement was made. This omission is willful. The writer does not state these basic facts because the meeting never happened; to give such information would make it even easier to prove his work is a lie. The writer has not seen Tinubu and has no idea where Tinubu was on any given day.

“Worse, the writer says Tinubu was speaking to newsmen. If so, why has no other newspaper carried this story? The answer is simple. There was no such meeting between Tinubu and several newsmen. Because the story is the figment of one awfully wounded.

“The story contains a long quote supposedly from Tinubu. There is no way a true journalist would have tried to transcribe this by hand. He would have taped it. We dare this journalist to produce the tape.