The APC presidential campaign has been shrouded in all manners of controversies, including rumour that Tinubu’s fragile health was largely responsible for the delay.
The All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council has claimed that the health status of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was not responsible for the delay in the commencement of its campaign.
The APC presidential campaign has been shrouded in all manners of controversies, including rumour that Tinubu’s fragile health was largely responsible for the delay.
But reacting to it, the PCC on Friday hinged the delay in kick-starting the campaign on certain logistics issues, while explaining that it was perfecting arrangements.
According to a member who spoke with Daily Sun, the billions of naira the party raked in from the sale of nomination forms would also be used to support the presidential candidate.
He said, “We are planning to kick off because what is the essence of rolling out and suspending it like what the opposition party did because they are still dealing with internal crisis? We want to dot all our i’s and cross all our t’s before starting.
“Asiwaju’s health has nothing to do with the delay in the commencement of our campaign. It is purely logistics like I explained earlier. It is not right to claim that he has not been attending serious functions. He was there at the launch of the women campaign council at the State House this week. He will be attending a function in Kaduna early next week.
“On Thursday he held series of review meetings with relevant stakeholders to fine-tune his campaign manifesto. Our campaign is not going to be dictated by external forces or the pressure from the media. We are not going to be stampeded by any external forces.
“Yes, the delay in the kick-off of the campaign ought not affect the release of the comprehensive list of campaign council, but I am still optimistic it will be released this week.”
“There has been series of consultative meetings and I can tell you that Asiwaju met with the directorate of media and communication, the Director-General, and other leadership of the campaign council on Friday. So many administrative issues have been taken care of and we are close to hitting the street for campaign,” he assured.