By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has thrown in another bombshell. He says Nigeria needs the creativity of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in turning a rotten situation into bad one.
Hear him: “El-Rufai, we will not let you run away. Your vision, creativity, and resiliency in turning a rotten situation into a bad one is necessary at this critical time.”
Tinubu has been making slips in many of his public outings, like when he suggested that Nigeria’s insecurity could be addressed by recruiting 50 million people into the military. Nigeria’s labour force is slightly above 80 million people, and recruiting 50 million into the military alone is out of range.
The APC presidential candidate had once claimed that the Permanent Voters Card expires. He was oblivious of the fact that the word ‘Permanent’ on the mix implies that the card does not expire.
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The Tinubu’s outing in Kaduna has elicited reactions from Nigerians who wondered whether it was a friendly fire targeted at El-Rufai or his regular gaffe.
A professor of journalism at Kennesaw State University in the United States, Farooq Kperogi, said: “Na wa o. Tinubu said El-Rufai has the capacity to turn “a rotten situation into a bad one.” Was that a Freudian slip, a targeted missile, or an innocent verbal mishap? I see why Tinubu avoids the media like the plague.”