Mallam Garba Shehu, spokesperson to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied speculations of a rift between his principal and President Bola Tinubu
Speaking on Trust TV’s 30 Minutes, Shehu refuted the claims, describing them as mere speculations that lack basis.
He added that the Buhari camp is undeterred by speculation of growing tension within the All Progressive Congress (APC).
“When people are entitled to hold their opinion, and your interpretation of it is purely your entitlement.
“I don’t think in a formal and official sense, anybody would talk about distrust or mistrust or a façade between the Buhari administration and the Tinubu administration.
“For Muhammadu Buhari, he’s essentially an APC member. “He does not forget the fact that he ran one, two, three times and failed to get the presidency until they cobbled together the APC.
“APC came together and gave him two terms, for which he has remained grateful, and says—and that’s what I’ve learned from him—‘I will never be ungrateful. I will never betray the party that gave me two terms in office.”
Responding to public commentary on tensions within the ruling party, Shehu said. “We see statements; we read them when people say these things. Do we get disturbed? I don’t think that is the word,” he said.