The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been informed by the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization that the South West is not up for sale.

The Atiku campaign taunted the APC candidate over what it depicted as Tinubu’s “failed attempt to procure reputable South West leaders to support his tottering and self-seeking Presidential ambition.“

Kola Ologbondiyan, the Atiku-Okowa Campaign Spokesperson, signed this statement on Monday in Abuja.

He said, “Nigerians watched with dismay as the APC Presidential Candidate resorted to playing ethnic card at a session he organized at Pa Reuben Fasoranti’s house in Akure, Ondo State, at the weekend, in a bid to divert attention from his numerous anti-people issues and use the unsuspecting leaders to create an impression of having secured the endorsement of the South West.

“Our electoral process is badly scandalized by report in the public space that the APC have been making huge financial overtures to some leaders to create factions in certain credible Pan-South West organizations and use such procured factions to pronounce support for the APC Presidential Candidate.

“The very thought by the APC Presidential Campaign to compromise the leaders of the South West is to say the least, reprehensible, atrocious, sacrilegious and show the extent of disrespect, irreverence and disdain the APC has for such revered leaders.

“Asiwaju Tinubu ought to know that he cannot sway or buy the South West or any other part of the country the way he procured the APC Presidential ticket; a ticket that has been compared to the Zimbabwean dollar.“