Segun Aina & NAN/
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has fingered former spokesperson of the Department of State Services, Marilyn Ogah, as the arrowhead of a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to blackmail him.
Speaking through Mr. Tunde Rahman, his media adviser, Tinubu claimed the camp of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, planned to use a photo he (Tinubu) innocently took with some PDP supporters at the Lagos airport on Tuesday to potray him as a secret backer of Atiku’s ambition.
According to Rahman, the aim is to portray Tinubu as a backer of Atiku, few days to Saturday’s presidential election, especially on the tail of another lie, that ‘unhappy’ Tinubu threw away the APC flag at a near riotous rally of his party in Abeokuta on Monday.
Rahman told NAN there was no truth in the two episodes and warned that people should not consume the propaganda of the opposition, unquestioningly.
About the photograph now being used to blackmail Tinubu, Rahman explained the circumstances that led to the selfie.
According to him, Tinubu bumped into some PDP stalwarts at the Private Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
“These people who included ex-DSS Spokesperson Marilyn Ogah quickly wormed up to him and sought a selfie with Asiwaju. Because he knows Ogah well and because of his mature politics, he allowed what he thought was a seemingly innocuous request.
“Now, Marilyn Ogah and PDP elements have turned this noble gesture exemplified by the photograph below into a propaganda machinery and an instrument of blackmail.
“I understand, they even want to place this photograph as an advertorial in newspapers in their desperate attempt to smear Asiwaju and curry support.
“The photograph has been turned into an instrument of blackmail. This is sad indeed. With the way she is using this photograph, Marilyn Ogah has sunken low. Many who were there saw how they forcefully pleaded for the selfie and Asiwaju obliged them even without his trademark cap.
“Please ignore their propaganda and campaign of calumny. There is nothing more to the photograph than an acceptance of a seemingly harmless request for a photograph,” Rahman said.
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