Bola Tinubu Some members of the All Progressive Congress( APC)have actually required an apology from Bola Tinubu, the APC national leader over remarks he made in 1997. The APC members who formed a group within the celebration asked Tinubu to apologise to Nigerians over his remarks in 1997 that he does not believe in one Nigeria. The group who formed a forum to pursue development of the President from North Central region said although, Tinubu’s remark was decades ago it is now worth revisiting given that he declared his intention to run for the President of the nation come 2023. Speaking on behalf of the Foum on Monday, January 24, in Jos, Plateau State capital, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga said; “In ThisDay publication of April 13th, 1997, Tinubu gave an interview in which he was quoted as saying, ‘I do not believe in One Nigeria’. And because that interview has actually resurfaced as an outcome of his presidential aspiration statement, individuals have actually began to raise eyebrow and asking damaging questions.

“So lots of individuals have been calling and mocking us (the party), saying that if Tinubu does not believe in One Nigeria, how comes he has now think in one Nigeria to the extend that he wishes to object to for the Presidency of a Nation he did not think in.

“This has not just be agitating the people’s mind, however the members of the APC too, and it is not good for the well being of the celebration as the Nation counts down to the 2023 general election. As a national leader of the party, he just have to talk to Nigerians on that concern, and that will make him a true nationalist and democrat.

“The most honourable thing for Tinubu to do is come out and appologise to Nigerians on that remarks which he made prior to this democratic dispensation which began in 1999. And he should too discuss the rationale of the interview to Nigerians and mention if he was misquoted or not. Whatever his description would be, a minimum of it will cool down individuals’s nerves and conserve the celebration from being projected in a bad light.

“Such apology will not just project him as a real leader of the party or as presidential candidate but it will prove that he his a man of honour and self-respect and somebody who will take responsibility for his deeds, actions and words,” he said.