The story behind Tinubu’s photograph with PDP women

Mr Tunde Rahman, spokesperson to national leader of All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has narrated how
some PDP women led by former spokesperson of Department of State
Services, DSS cornered the former Lagos governor at Airport and
begged him for a selfie which is now being used for blackmail by
the opposition party.

Tinubu’s picture with the PDP women leaders has gone viral and
is now being used by PDP social media ‘warriors’ to indicate that
the national leader of APC may be thinking of dumping his party
ahead of Saturday’s presidential election.

While explaining the circumstances leading to Tinubu’s
photograph with the PDP women, Rahman said, “Yesterday on our way
to Abuja, APC Leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, bumped into some PDP
stalwarts at the Private Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Ikeja.

“These people who included ex-DSS Spokesperson Marilyn Ogah
sought for a selfie with Asiwaju. Because he knows Ogah well and
because of his mature politics, he allowed what he thought was a
seemingly innocuous request.

“Now, Marilyn Ogah and PDP elements have turned this noble
gesture depicted in the photograph below into a propaganda
machinery and an instrument of blackmail.

“They even want to place this photograph as an advertorial in
Newspaper in their desperate attempt to smear Asiwaju and curry
support. The photograph has been turned into an instrument of
blackmail.
This is sad indeed.

“With the way she is using this photograph, Marilyn Ogah has
sunken low. Many who were there saw how they forcefully demanded
the photograph and Asiwaju obliged them even without his trademark
cap. Please ignore their propaganda.

“There is nothing more to the photograph than an acceptance of a
seeming harmless request for a photograph.”