The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, may have played a smart one on the Chatham House think-tank as he stormed the House with surrogates to help him answer some of the questions.
This is the response of the Chatham House, as they complained that Tinubu ambushed its chairman when he appeared for an interactive session on Monday morning.
According to Peoples Gazette, the frontline British think-tank said the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential candidate undermined its normal arrangement and did not seek early permission to act in the manner he did.
Recall that Tinubu, during his appearance, delegated political surrogates that included Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to answer questions on his behalf.
Tinubu in a trending video online was seen assigning question on oil theft to one of his campaign spokespersons, Dele Alake; the question on security to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna; and the question on youth development and inclusion to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River.
Also, a former commissioner of finance in Lagos, Wale Edun, was asked to answer the question on job creation while Mr Gbajabiamila answered a question on national defence.
The incumbent Lagos State governor Mr Sanwo-Olu took the question on youth inclusion in politics and governance.
According to the Chatham House, the Monday event was not the normal practice adding that the Chair was not notified in advance that Mr Tinubu would be delegating questions.
A spokesperson for Chatham House said in an email to Peoples Gazette. “The principle of Chatham House events is to be able to hear the views of invited speakers, and also to hold those speakers to account.”
The trending video went viral on social media attracting wide spread condemnation by Nigerians.
Nigerians have seriously condemned Tinubu’s conduct during the question and answer session of the event.
The former Lagos governor failed to use the forum to tell the world his plans for the country in several areas of governance, including health, education, economy and national defence.
