This letter comes to directly refute the information reported in your most recent publication whereby in an article titled 'Ambitious Men' you wrote that the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, was one of "those who stood against Muhammadu Buhari for the All Progressives Congress nomination in 2014". The story also mentioned erroneously that Dr. Saraki has "retained London Communications consultants Aequitas, which helped Labour Party to remake its image under Tony Blair in the mid-1990s".
First, please note that your claims above are not correct. Dr Saraki did not contest the last Presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress. Dr. Saraki publicly announced in a statement in Ilorin on October 12, 2014 that he would not contest against Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) who was then an aspirant because "some of us need to make sacrifice and be part of the solution rather than part of the problem of the party". He then declared that he would support the candidacy of the retired General. Dr. Saraki was one of the people who worked tirelessly to ensure General Buhari won the APC ticket, and the general election.
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