Following serial reports of palpable discord between the Jagaban and the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Lagos State governor who is also the APC leader, Bola Tinubu, has denied the claims linking him to a new party formation aimed to wrestle power from the APC in 2019.
This government, APC, is for the betterment of the people & the national purpose is bigger and more important than any individual’s desires
— Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@AsiwajuTinubu) 5 December 2016
This is a party I labored with others to build.We would not abandon it for another. Millions of Nigerians who voted are watching and praying
— Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@AsiwajuTinubu) 5 December 2016
Tinubu had been recently known as battling with APC’s choice of candidate which run for the Ondo Governorship poll, Rotimi Akeredolu.