National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has taken to social media to announce that he has never had any fight with the present governor of Lagos state, Governor Babatunde Fashola.
Between Fashola and Myself there has never been any fight only disagreements over procedures in the past. It borders on the party position.
— Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@officialABAT) May 8, 2015
Tinubu, who was reacting rumours that he had a bitter face-off with Fashola, wrote on Twitter: “Between Fashola and myself there has never been any fight only disagreements over procedures in the past. It borders on the party position,” Tinubu wrote on his Twitter account.
He stated further that: “All this is in the past. What we have achieved politically in Lagos and Nigeria is a result of team work, political compatibility and vision,” he said.
All this is in the past. What we have achieved politically in Lagos and Nigeria is a result of team work, political compactability & vision
— Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@officialABAT) May 8, 2015
It was reported but unconfirmed that Asiwaju and Fashola fell out before the governorship primaries in Lagos state. Political analysts claimed that Tinubu imposed Lagos governor-elect Akinwunmi Ambode on the party.