Former governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he is working towards a speedy resolution of the crisis currently rocking the party.
Speaking with journalists after while breaking his fast at the Aso Rock Villa with President Muhammadu Buhari he also aligned himself with the position of the president that the party’s decision should be supereme.
When prompted to talk on the leadership crisis rocking the national assembly, Tinubu said, . “That is an area where I am very cautious of my position and my utterances. I still want to keep my side of the interpretation or analysis to be able to achieve a resolution of the matter as quickly as possible,” he said.
“I am backing what the president has carefully enumerated and articulated to the party. The party is supreme. The party must have disciplined leadership and followers. The party’s process must be respected because that is the confidence and the trust of the people.
“However in every environment, we should have conflict, that is politics and conflict resolution mechanism would be applied to resolve all the problems so we are there. There is honour in every struggle and every competition, there must be honour in victory too.”
He also noted that his party will not go the way of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which was not able to manage his internal crisis.
“We are different, we cannot be PDP, we are APC, we will not repeat their mistakes. We know their mistakes, errors, we understand what Nigeria wanted and Nigerians gave this party victory because of our manifesto,” he said.
“We are pro-people, we are progressives. We have had a conservative government in the last 16 years, this is a progressive party, just coming in barely 30 days. We understand the hope of Nigerians, we understand the expectations of Nigerians, we believe in that expectation and in our promise of prosperity to the people. We will not change that.”
He also expressed profound respect for President Buhari with this words: “I have made no demands. If you understand what party politics and leadership is all about, it is about loyalty and commitment to the values which the leadership believes in. “I believe in what the president believes in, I respect him and I stand firmly loyal to his cause. So you can go to any length of speculation that you might want, I have not responded to all of that because I understand the president and the president understands me clearly.”
Rotimi Amaechi was also present at the fast breaking.