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A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied plotting to leave the party for a new party.
Despite playing a pivotal role in the political alliances and elections that produced President Muhammadu Buhari, the former Lagos governor has been greatly curtailed as forces within the party realign ahead of the 2019 election.
On Sunday, Punch Newspaper reported that Tinubu, Abubakar Atiku and the Ahmed Markafi faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were planning to form a mega opposition party in 2017.
But via his twitter handle @AsiwajuTinubu, on Monday, Tinubu denied the report.
He tweeted:
In our Journey to national betterment,plans and policies will be made,then ammended. Mistakes will occur and then corrected…
Achievements will be had & replicated. Through it all, I, Asiwaju will remain true to the progressive ideals that fueled the creation of APC
I have devoted my political life to achieve what has been achieved. My heart is too much of the people and my mind too fixed on establishing a positive historic legacy… rather than engage in destructive pettiness.
This government, APC, is for the betterment of the people & the national purpose is bigger and more important than any individual’s desires
“This is a party I labored with others to build.
“We would not abandon it for another. Millions of Nigerians who voted are watching and praying.”