Tinubu In UK, To Speak At Chatham House — Campaign Council

ABUJA – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, has arrived in London, United Kingdom (UK), ahead of a scheduled appearance at the world’s leading policy institute, Chatham House, according to statement by the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

Asiwaju Tinubu, during the appearance scheduled for December 5 (Monday) is expected to speak on sundry issues, including security, economy and foreign policy of his administration, if elected Nigeria’s president.

Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, who signed the statement, also reiterated that Tinubu would not appear on Arise News TV programme being advertised by the organisers. Recall that the campaign had before now demanded that Arise News should stop using the name of its principal to promote its planned engagements with candidates seeking for the highest political office in the land, stating categorically that Asiwaju Tinubu would not attend.

The medium has, however, ignored the advice, stressing its constitutional responsibility to hold whoever seeks the nation’s highest office to account before the citizens.

Onanuga insisted that Tinubu would not be intimidated to participate in any debate, especially that he had lined out his own schedule of engagement with Nigerians at home and in the diaspora.

The statement read: “We find it shocking and downright anomalous that Arise News continues to broadcast the participation of All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in its Presidential Town Hall meeting scheduled to hold on December 4, 2022 despite our earlier statement that our candidate will not be available.

“We noticed that Arise News has also been running a campaign on the so-called constitutional duty of the presidential candidates to participate in its debate by dubiously citing Section 22 of the Constitution of Nigeria on the obligation of the mass media.

“While it is trite that the media has clear constitutional duty to hold public office holders accountable to the citizens and its role as the watchdog of the society, there is no part of the Constitution and the Section 22 that says a presidential candidate of any political party and least of all, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu must participate in Arise News Town Hall event or any media organised event at all.