A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has cleared the air on the alleged enmity between him and a former two-term Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
Tinubu, who spoke through Mr. Wale Edun at the 25th anniversary celebration of Otunba Gbenga Daniels’ Kresta Laurel, said there is no truth in the stories that he has been fighting with Gbenga Daniel, adding that they are still good friends.
Edun said: “I am here representing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and my presence is to show that there is no friction between Asiwaju and Otunba Gbenga Daniel”
Mr. Edun went on to explain that whenever Tinubu drives past the Kresta Laurel building in Maryland, Lagos, he remembers the enormous contributions Daniel made to the take off of his administration in 1999 and was immensely grateful.
He revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain was very gracious to donate the Kresta Laurel building to Tinubu’s campaign team at the time it was just being completed.
“The Daniels also made a section of their home available to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu whenever he worked too late and could not go home. After the election, he also allowed us to use it for the Transition Committee where he was a member”
On behalf of Tinubu, he wished Kresta Laurel well, and prayed that God will keep them and sustain Daniel, his wife, Olufunke, and their business for the next 25 years and beyond.
Corroborating the assertion that Tinubu and Daniel are not at war, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibajo in his speech emphasized the contributions Daniel made to the beginning of what has now become the ‘Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu political machine’.
He revealed that both men’s respect for each other is mutual and that it was a “mere rumour that they were fighting each other”.
Osinbajo wished the company better years ahead.
In attendance were former governors, royal fathers, business moguls and prominent politicians.
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