Bola Tinubu has said APC might not have garnered massive success without its former Interim Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande.
In a tribute to congratulate Akande as he turns 80, Tinubu, also the co-chair of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, said Akande was a founding father of the APC and its electoral victory in 2015.
Tinubu, in a statement issued by his Media Officer, Tunde Rahman, said that Akande was one of the few surviving true friends of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Bola Ige.
According to him, like Awolowo and Ige, Akande gave his entire public life to the ideals and practices that can create a truly democratic society.
”He is a founding father of the APC and its unprecedented electoral victory in 2015.
”As the interim chairman of the party, he showed extraordinary adeptness and patience in bridging differences and moulding our new party into a progressive force.
”Without him, the APC might never have come into existence and it certainly would not have experienced the quick success it encountered.
”He helped lay a solid foundation for the party and did so selflessly and with impartiality and a good word towards all.
”Baba is a highly perspective and thoughtful leader. He has proved invaluable in serving humanity and his fatherland,” he said.
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