TINUBU EXPLAINS WHAT BODE GEORGE TERMS AN APOLOGY DENIES APOLOGISING

The National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, has denied apologising to Lagos State
PDP Leader, Chief Bode George, Punch reports.
George had said during an interview with the Punch
that Tinubu was responsible for his imprisonment
but had apologised to him at the burial of the Deputy
President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao, in
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last year.
However, Tinubu in a statement by his media adviser,
Mr. Sunday Dare, said he never apologised to George
since he had nothing to do with George's
incarceration.
He said although they both met at Arisekola-Alao's
burial, their conversation had nothing to do with an
apology.
He said:
"Mr. George claims the alleged apology was
made at the burial of Chief Alao-Arisekola. On
that date, personalities such as Oba Otudeko and
Governor Ajimobi approached me because I did
not greet Mr. George initially. They pleaded that,
in the memory of the man we were all gathered
to honour, I should greet Mr. George. At their
request, I turned back and came to greet him by
saying'Good Afternoon Egbon (senior).' That was
all."
Tinubu, who is a former Governor of Lagos State,
said he could not have been involved in the
incarceration of George since it was the Federal
Government that instituted the case against him.
He said rather, it was people within George's party
that orchestrated his two-year jail term in Kirikiri
prison.
He explained that George, who has since been
exonerated by the Supreme Court, was convicted of
'invoice splitting' which had nothing to do with
politics.
He said:
"Mr. George seeks to imbue me with more
power than I could possibly have. I am flattered
but in all humility I must protest the false
assessment. If he can remember, the
government of the day was that of the PDP.





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