“Asiwaju (Tinubu) has championed the cause of long-suffering Nigerians that they are allowed to spend old banknotes pending when CBN is able to make adequate new bank notes available,” the APC said.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked reports that its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, threw the redesigned banknotes at the crowd during the party’s final rally on Tuesday in Lagos.
Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lagos State chapter, Seye Oladejo, in a statement said the reports were fabricated by the party’s opponents who were dazed by the success of the rally held at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere.
He said: “In a currently trending post, the orchestrated report purports that Asiwaju Tinubu threw wads of banknotes to a cheering crowd at Oshodi as his motorcade rode past from Lagos airport en route Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. It is nothing but a lie from the pit of hell.
“It is part of an ongoing well-oiled campaign of calumny in a compromised section of the media to project Asiwaju in bad lights at a time millions of Nigeria are unable to access their hard-earned cash deposited in the banks.
“Asiwaju (Tinubu) has championed the cause of long-suffering Nigerians that they are allowed to spend old banknotes pending when CBN is able to make adequate new bank notes available.
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“Where will Asiwaju have seen new notes to be throwing on Lagos highways?”
The spokesman said that the party would have ignored the report but chose to issue the statement for the sake of those who might be deceived by the reports.
According to him, a closer look at a short video attached to the referenced report would reveal that two APC leaders are the ones actually throwing branded APC face caps and leaflets to the cheering crowd.
“We urge our supporters and all right-thinking Nigerians to remain calm and vote Asiwaju Tinubu and all APC candidates on Saturday, Feb. 25,” Oladejo said.