The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, January 03, 2022, told his opponents that they cannot defeat him with lies.
Tinubu noted this in a town hall meeting with Muslim leaders from the North West geopolitical zone in Kano.
What Tinubu said: “They cannot win with the truth. So, they will try to win with a lie. But a lie never wins in the end. Those they cannot beat with honesty, they seek to beat them with untruth and falsity. They want to turn servants of God into preachers of division and hateful sentiment.”
BAT gives Muslim leaders assurance: Tinubu also assured Muslim leaders in the country that he will offer fair and just leadership to all Nigerians if elected president.
The APC candidate urged the religious leaders to ensure that they preach unity and harmony among their followers rather than division and disunity, saying that is the only way the nation could experience development.
He said: “Religious leaders like you are agents of harmony and hope, not division and disunity. All well-meaning Nigerians, regardless of political affiliation, must join hands against violence, hunger, ignorance and bigotry.
“We all must live together. No one has the right to try to lord over the other. Allah stands against such injustice. And where Allah stands, all bad things must fall.
“Mean-spirited politicians – those thinking only of themselves or those who think they mean more than the nation itself – will go to great lengths to deceive or recruit eminent persons to unknowingly preach division and hatred."
Tinubu states why his campaign is different from others: Furthermore, Tinubu told the Muslim leaders that he had demonstrated a sense of unity and oneness in all his campaigns and would continue to do so.
BAT makes a pledge: He pledged to conduct himself in public office on the values and ideals of fairness and justice, adding that he would always speak about facts and truths, policies and programs.
On expectations from him if elected president, he reminded the faith leaders of his record as Lagos State governor.