Tinubu Didn’t Pay Opposition Leaders N50 Million – APC Denies Claim

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed allegations made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, claiming that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is bribing opposition leaders with N50 million each to destabilize Nigeria’s democratic process.

Atiku had made the accusation during a national conference in Abuja recently.

In response, Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary, vehemently rejected the claims, labeling them as baseless.

Morka said; “Of course, it’s not true. Now let me say this, if Alhaji Abubakar had evidence that any money was paid to any citizen in the opposition, especially if those members who were paid are of the PDP stock, I would expect, you know, Alhaji Abubakar to name his own party officials who received those payments. And then, by naming them, we can begin to unravel who paid them, and why they were paid.”

“But I can tell you categorically that the President is extremely busy governing Nigeria, also working on his mandate, and does not have the time to focus on the pettiness that Alhaji Abubakar is suggesting he may be engaged in.”

“And nobody in my party, for that matter, is paying any money, whether 50 million naira or any sum of money, to anybody in the opposition. Why would we pay them?”

“We are working on ourselves to be ready for any contest that is to come. So whatever money we have, we want to keep to, you know, apply democratically towards promoting our cause and persuading Nigerians to support our party, not to give it to anybody in the opposition. What are they going to do for us anyway, you know?”

“So we have no interest in that. Alhaji Abubakar should be, I think, advised to quit this rumor-peddling that’s unbefitting of his standing as a former Vice President and as an elder statesman.”

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