The All Progressives Congress, (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has attacked the camps of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi for accusing him for not showing up or sending a representative at the Ariste TV town hall meeting in Abuja.
The former governor of Lagos said that the camps of the two contestants cannot force him to attend or send representatives for television debates.
Tinubu made this disclosure through his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on Monday in Lagos.
Recall that a spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign team said Tinubu was afraid of being exposed; hence his refusal to attend national debates.
However, the APC presidential candidate said he would not be “railroaded” into appearing for media debates.
A statement by Onanuga read partly: “The more absurd of the two positions was the one canvassed by the spokesperson of Atiku/Okowa campaign. The PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar didn’t also attend Arise News Town Hall Meeting.
“Instead of PDP to tell Nigerians why its presidential candidate has not returned to Nigeria after their purposeless visit to United States where he and his other 15 peripatetic adults were given a cold shoulder by US senior officials, the spokesperson is busy chasing shadows.
“We want to state again for the attention of both PDP and LP, that Asiwaju Tinubu will not be railroaded into media appearances and debates.”