The Senator Magnus Abe-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has officially opened the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Support (BATS) group in Port Harcourt, the State capital.
The group is expected to pivot Tinubu’s presidential ambition in the next general elections.
Speaking at the event, a former Senator, Wilson Ake, who is the chairman of the group’s steering committee, insisted that Tinubu should be given a chance to vie for the position for his contributions to the party.
His words, “For someone to work and and another person will come and eat is not of God. We are supporting Tinubu because we know that he is eminently qualified, and he has worked so hard to see APC win; so we do not have that wicked spirit in us that is why we are saying we must pay back Tinubu what he has put in APC.
“We are not against anybody who wants to try. Anybody that wants to try should go ahead, but they should not use the question that they must eliminate Tinubu to succeed, it is not of God.” he insisted. “They went as far as starting #endsars in Lagos state by burning Tinubu’s hotel, his television house, his newspaper house when Tinubu is not in government. You can see that the target is how do we decimate this man? After you have worked so hard, then people will say you should go to the back and sit?
He added, “Tinubu worked so hard for APC, and there are some persons who think that people should work and be dumped in the end, those that have the spirit of using and dumping need prayers. When Tinubu was working for APC, nobody thought about his age. He has finished working, now they are saying he is too old he should go and sit down. Let one young person come and take over, it does not work like that.”
