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Mentioning Funke Akindele in my presence is disrespectful _ Tinubu fumes
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, has told his supporters that it is disrespectful to mention Funke Akindele, the celebrity actress and PDP running mate for governor of Lagos in his presence.
Mr. Tinubu is using this to support APC’s Babajide Sanwo-Olu for reelection as governor.
At a political event in Lagos on Wednesday, his supporters sang a campaign song that compared Mr. Tinubu’s chosen candidate Mr. Sanwo-Olu to Ms. Akindele, calling the latter a political “ant.”
“Who is Funke Akindele before Sanwo-Olu of Lagos? She is an ant,” the supporters sang.
“Don’t even bother to mention her name in my presence. It is an insult. It is disrespectful,” Mr. Tinubu replied disdainfully.
Get a Yoruba Translator and Enjoy the FIRE SUBS by the Sanwo Babes in the Background …. The Political Season is here fully 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#BAT2023 #SanwoLekansi pic.twitter.com/GTdk4EO0ku
— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) November 2, 2022
In other news, Paul Ibe, the media adviser to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as ‘anti-business’.
Ibe slammed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, for stating that other candidates lacked the antecedent and experience to rule the country.
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Tinubu and Shettima spoke while presenting his action plan before the business community and the organized private sector in Lagos on Tuesday.
But in a statement seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, Ibe blasted the duo, stating that their remarks showed “gross irresponsibility and disrespectfulness.”
Ibe said, “It is with utter dismay that we listened to the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate talk condescendingly about other presidential candidates at a gathering that they invited members of the private sector to on Tuesday.
“The remarks from the candidates of the APC show gross irresponsibility and disrespectfulness.
“It is indicative that the Tinubu-Shettima administration will be anti-entrepreneurship and business.
“One would have thought that the duo would use the advantage of such a gathering to talk about solutions that their party, APC, has foisted on the country. Rather, they went on the ultra highway of political indecency.”
He further called on Shettima to apologize for his comments at the event. Ibe said, “Shettima should apologize to Nigerian workers, especially the thousands that benefit from Atiku’s businesses for his irresponsible statement.