The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said that his comment on the performance of Government Nasir El Rufai, of Kaduna State, on Saturday was a slip of the tongue.
The APC Candidate had said while speaking at the 7th edition of the Kaduna Investment Summit in Kaduna on Saturday, that El-Rufai “turned a rotten situation” he met on ground in Kaduna into “a bad one.”
The Spokesman of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Sunday that Tinubu meant to say ‘to a great one’ rather than ‘a bad one.’
Onanuga said that the what happened was just a slip which the gathering understood.
He urged those he described as mischief to look for better things with their time.
He said, “Earlier today at the Kaduna State Investment Summit, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu while commending, Governor Nasir El-Rufai for his transformational leadership in the state had a slip of tongue that is common to every human being, and even great leaders.
“The APC leader inadvertently said Governor El-Rufai “turned a rotten situation” he met on ground in Kaduna into “a bad one” whereas he meant to say “to a great one.”
“It was a mere slip, that is not unusual in life, even among leaders of nations.
“We recognise we are in political season where everything is latched on for deliberate distortion and twisted mischief.
“While mischief makers went so low, we noted that the audience at KadInvest 7.0 followed Asiwaju Tinubu with rapt attention and knew he only had a slip.
“We can only tell mischief makers to look for better and productive things to do with their time.”