A support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), BAT Vanguard, has absolved Seyi Tinubu of any wrongdoing and urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the federal government amid the challenges faced by the people.
In a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Hon. Sola Olofin, and Secretary, Jesutega Onokpasa, in Abuja on Thursday, the group condemned the criticism directed at Seyi Tinubu for his humble appeal to fellow Nigerians to be patient.
The leaders of BAT Vanguard commended him for positively engaging with his fellow countrymen and women, assuring them that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
The statement reads: “We find it to be entirely out of place and quite condemnable for several well-known social media trolls and their clueless cheerleaders to have singled out Seyi Tinubu for particularly vitriolic trolling in the wake of his humble appeal to his fellow Nigerians to be patient in this period at which many of our fellow citizens are going through challenges.
“Indeed, we commend him for positively engaging his fellow countrymen and women while assuring them that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
“Even as the son of the President of this country, the gentleman is still a bonafide and full-fledged citizen of Nigeria and is right to be concerned for the good of his fellow citizens while encouraging them to be resilient and hopeful amid a challenge that we will surely overcome.
“Seyi Tinubu has always displayed interest in the welfare of fellow Nigerians and regularly intervened to generously touch the lives of numerous Nigerians across this country.
“He equally regularly familiarizes himself with the needs, priorities and concerns of the youths of this country even as he has always endeavoured to mobilize them for positive engagements in service to their fatherland.
“Without equivocation, we consider him a patriot and a young man we can all be proud of.”
The group noted that the present challenge started piling up a long time ago, stressing that “unless we want to deceive ourselves in this country, it should be obvious and crystal clear to everyone that they cannot be solved overnight.
“We therefore call on our fellow Nigerians to be hopeful and to remain focused and committed to the progress of this country.”
