Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is currently trending on Social Media as a result of a gaffe he suffered in his speech at the flag off of his 2023 campaigns in Jos, Plateau State.
Speaking while rounding off his speech at the rally attended by heavyweights of the ruling party including President Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu suffered a slip of tongue as he mistakenly referred to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when he had his party in mind.
“…I hand over back to the chairman of the party before he disciplines me for leaving the President waiting and keeping him standing. We are calling, inviting the national chairman to invite the President. At least to close this part of the ceremony. Thank you, God bless you, God bless Nigeria. God bless PD…APC,” he said.
This is not the first time Tinubu would goof in public. In July, the APC Presidential Candidate also forgot the name of his party during an interview.
Tinubu was speaking to members of his party in public and almost addressed the APC as “Action Congress.”
However, he was quickly corrected by one of the aides who stood beside him.
In October, he caused a stir online after he said Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has a vision of turning “rotten situation to a bad one.”
The incident had sparked rumours that Tinubu who just returned from London at that time might be suffering from dementia.
He was speaking at the seventh edition of KadInvest, an annual event organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency.
“We’re not going to let you run away, your vision, creativity and resiliency in turning a rotten situation to a bad one is necessary at this very critical time. That is why we are here today,” Tinubu told El-Rufai.
Critics of the APC Presidential Candidate have said Tinubu avoids debate in order not to goof.
Meanwhile, Honourable Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, who slumped at Tinubu’s campaign kick-off in Jos is dead.
Known as Omititi in political circles, Olawale reportedly slumped at the rally and died moments later.
A source who confirmed the death said that “without preempting the circumstance, this could be high blood pressure. Whatever could have led to his death, this is so shocking and sad.”