An advisor to the UK government, Olu Fasan, has on Thursday revealed that All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, failed woefully in his bid to meet either of British Monarch, King Charles III, or Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister in the bid to bolster his chances in next year’s election.
Fasan made the disclosure on his newspaper column, Hobnob News on Thursday, hinting at a despitation in Tinubu’s camp.
According to him, a Tinubu loyalist reached out to him about two months ago asking advice on how Tinubu could secure a meeting with the new British monarch, King Charles III.
“Okay, I was a UK Government adviser but advising on how a foreign politician could meet the monarch was well above my paygrade,” he said.
He added by saying that he as public commentator strongly believes that a Tinubu presidency would be monumentally disastrous for Nigeria.
“He sounded as if he badly needed an answer that he could pass on to someone.
“I told him the King would never interfere in the internal politics of a foreign country by meeting any presidential candidate in an election season,” Fasan further narrated the encounter with the Tinubu loyalist.
But he said that the lobbyist didn’t give up easily.
‘What about the Prime Minister,’ he asked, refusing to give up,” Fasan said, quoting the Tinubu lobbyist.
“The encounter showed Tinubu’s eagerness to meet foreign leaders and act as president-in-waiting.
“Indeed, he’s already acting as if he’s one. He refuses to engage with critical audiences in Nigeria, rejects live TV interviews, rebuffs media-organised Town Hall events and even declines personally to sign the peace accord.
“Yet, Tinubu wants to attend international events and meet foreign leaders,” Fasan wrote.
