By Miracle Ogunde
Doyin Okupe, former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, has given reason for never criticizing Tinubu since he assumed power.
Okupe who spoke on Sunday in Lagos, said that his few encounters with Tinubu revealed a patriotic and visionary politician, passionate about the country’s progress.
He was reacting to a recent report which placed him in a list of politicians who fiercely criticised Tinubu in the past and have now suddenly become his staunch supporters.
Okupe said there is no record anywhere in his political career where he ever criticised Tinubu.
Okupe noted that he had always maintained the position that if Tinubu was elected he was going to do well.
“Go and check all through my time in Labour Party and in PDP. I have never in my life criticised Bola Tinubu even though we have never been under the same political umbrella before.
“A good man does not spoil another good person. We had a very serious, not-so-visible bond during the NADECO (National Democratic Coalition).
“He was abroad. We were here in Nigeria coordinating.
“When we were in the trenches together under severe pressure from government, running from here to here, it gives a bond that even political partisanship cannot give.
“So, you can go and check all publications. I have never, ever criticised him. There is nowhere you will hear me speak anything ill about Bola Tinubu,” he said.
According to him, as a patriotic politician, he heeded the advice of some Yoruba elders to step down his ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections and support someone from the South-East in the interest of unity.
He said since the candidate he worked for did not win, he had no reason not to support the President and work for him to succeed.
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