Dele Alake, director of strategic communication in the All
Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, says those
questioning the identity of Bola Tinubu, the party’s standard bearer, have not
presented evidence.
Alake spoke on Sunday during an interview on Channels
Television.
Over the past few weeks, renewed controversy on the names
and family background of Tinubu has dominated the Nigerian social media space.
Reacting to the controversy, Alake said those questioning
the APC presidential candidate’s official names have failed to produce
“documentary evidence” to back up their claim.
The former commissioner said the family background of Tinubu
does not affect his quality of thinking.
“Let me tell you point blank — his name, as far as I know —
is Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If anybody else has another name that I’m not aware of
and has proof of that name, let the person come forward,” he said.
“Since 1999, so many issues have been raised concerning his
origin, name and all of that.
“Some names have been
blow out and put in the public domain but nobody has come to prove or show any
evidence of those names being his biological names or some people being his
parents outside of those he said are his parents.
“If you must allege, you must proof. You can’t just allege
and assume that everybody is uncritical in thinking and will take it hook line
and sinker.
“If Bola Tinubu is not his name, what is his name? How do
you now show us document evidence that this is the names that Bola Tinubu was
given at birth and not Bola Tinubu?
“As long as, you can’t come out with that and nobody, since
1999, 23 years ago, has come up with any contrary evidence that his name is not
Bola Tinubu. What did you expect me to say to that? But to dismiss it.
“Some say he is not a
Lagosians, that he is from Iragbiji in Osun and Osogbo. How does that affect
the quality of the man’s brain?”
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