Bola Tinubu has denied claims that his “demands” from President Muhammadu Buhari have soiled their relationship.

Speaking to journalists at the

presidential villa on Tuesday after

breaking fast with the president,

Tinubu said he respects Buhari and

remains loyal to him.

The former governor of Lagos

state said: “I have made no demands.

If you understand what party politics

and leadership is all about, it is about

loyalty and commitment to the values

which the leadership believes in.

“I believe in what the president

believes in, I respect him and I stand

firmly loyal to his cause. So you can

go to any length of speculation that

you might want, I have not responded

to all of that because I understand the

president and the president

understands me clearly.”

He refused to comment on the crises

in the national assembly.

“That is an area where I am very

cautious of my position and my

utterances. I still want to keep my

side of the interpretation or analysis

to be able to achieve a resolution of

the matter as quickly as possible,” he

said.

“I am backing what the president has

carefully enumerated and articulated

to the party. The party is supreme.

The party must have disciplined

leadership and followers. The party’s

process must be respected because

that is the confidence and the trust of

the people.

“However in every environment, we

should have conflict, that is politics

and conflict resolution mechanism

would be applied to resolve all the

problems so we are there. There is

honour in every struggle and every

competition, there must be honour in

victory too.”

He promised that APC would avoid

the mistake of the Peoples Democratic

Party (PDP).

“We are different, we cannot be PDP,

we are APC, we will not repeat their

mistakes. We know their mistakes,

errors, we understand what Nigeria

wanted and Nigerians gave this party

victory because of our manifesto,” he

said.

“We are pro-people, we are

progressives. We have had a

conservative government in the last 16

years, this is a progressive party, just

coming in barely 30 days. We

understand the hope of Nigerians, we

understand the expectations of

Nigerians, we believe in that

expectation and in our promise of

prosperity to the people. We will not

change that.”

Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of

Rivers state, also attended the

breaking of fast.

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