Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, says it is not wrong for his principal to reunite with the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Abdulaziz, who stated this on Monday, when he featured on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television, was reacting to the recent meeting between Tinubu and Kwankwaso.
“Politicians talk; it’s not a sin talking across lines. So, the President or friends of the President talking to Kwankwaso or the other way round should not be seen as anything strange or looked at with disdain or any suspicion. After all, it’s politics and people align, re-align and shape their political positions,” he said.
According to him, the duo has a longstanding relationship of more than three decades, both as senators and governors, stressing that their recent meeting should not ignite any suspicion.
He added, “There is nothing strange about Kwankwaso talking to the APC or the president or the president talking to him. After all, there is a very longstanding relationship between the two.”
Abdulaziz noted that Tinubu has been in politics for a very long time, emphasising that both men were elected as members of the National Assembly during the botched transition of 1993.
“Also, both of them were elected governors in 1999. So, they have had this long political association that you wouldn’t see anything strange if they are now closing ranks and reuniting under any arrangement,” the presidential aide added.
