National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Mondaydisclosed that his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari was based on issues concerning the nation and leadership.
He made this known just as he described the rumour of the existence of a cabal in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet as a mere myth.
Said he: “Our discussion was fruitful, productive and was about the country and leadership as a whole.
“That brought me, I am very excited and happy.’’
Dismissing the insinuation that a cabal existed in the president’s cabinet, he described APC as a democratic party with all its members having different roles to play.
Speaking with State House Correspondents shortly after a closed door meeting with President Buhari, Tinubu said he had full confidence in the president.
His words: “I don’t believe in the myth; I believe in the confidence building, the trust that we have in the President and in building that confidence in a journey of democracy you are going to have twists and turns.
“Conflict resolution mechanism is inbuilt in how you handle your party; the governance and the party are joined by the hips.’’
Tinubu gave the assurance that the APC had not derailed in its programmes.
“APC government is on course.
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“And we remain focused to those necessary things about the development, the welfare and progress of our people.’’
He said PDP had caused so many problems in its 16 years of administration in the country such that tackling them was cumbersome.
He expressed optimism about the future of the country with the progress being made by the APC government.
He also denied the insinuations that he was not in good terms with Buhari.
“I have confidence in this President; there is no doubt about it.
“We worked hard to bring a government about but there are certain things that are unpredictable and those are things that can lend itself to gossip, insinuations and all of that.
“But once you create leadership and it is functional you don’t have to baby-sit that leadership unless there is an old strain of confidence.
“They don’t have that; so you know me I am not known to shy away from talking my mind and rebelling if it is necessary and taking charge of things I believe are necessary,’’ he said.
Before meeting with Tinubu, the president held a meeting with leaders of the APC.
At the meeting were Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Dogara Yakubu.
The president also met the chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.