Popular flutist, Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, has clarified statement made on the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu where he said at 86, he did not have much confidence of his ability to govern Nigeria.
Tee Mac’s comment had gone viral especially because of the claim to be Tinubu’s in-law.
Apart from Tinubu’s health, age, educational qualifications and source of wealth, Tee Mac had said it would be too grave to hand Nigeria over to the former Governor of Lagos State.
“Did he tell us the truth about his age, background and how he made his money? Is this man healthy enough at 86 to take up the task of a run-down country?” Tee Mac had queried.
Giving more insights into the relationship between him and Tinubu, he had said, “You see, Tinubu is my in-law. His wife Remi is my cousin. Her Itsekiri mother and my Itsekiri mother are sisters. I have known Tinubu since the mid-1980s personally and even arranged for him to stay in my stepfather’s house ( Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony) in London when he went on exile”.
But in a clarification on Saturday, Tee Mac said “My attention has been drawn to a post that has gone viral on social media regarding a private banter with a Facebook acquaintance on the eligibility of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN).
“Whilst it is regrettable that such a private conversation went viral vide a Facebook account, let me state that the conversation was taken out of context.
“In the first instance, I have high regards for the person of the APC presidential candidate; a two-term governor of Lagos state, and a revered leader of the APC,” he noted.
In what looked like a 360-turn around on his earlier comment, Tee-Mac had said of Tinubu, “This, I believe will be replicated if he is given the opportunity at the federal level. His all-inclusive style of governance has seen people from other states, ethnicities and faith take up appointments in Lagos, serving meritoriously too.
“Consequently, his competence is not in doubt. I only expressed my fear of the rigours of the office.
“My personal view is that anyone can choose any candidate, but must ask themselves if they have chosen rightly. This is a pertinent question for everyone. I simply admonished a friend to vote by his convictions.”