“Why I said God bless PD…in presidential rally” – Tinubu opens up

<p><strong>Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Bola Ahmed Tinubu<&sol;a> has revealed why he prayed for the opposition party PDP at the presidential rally in Jos&comma; Plateau State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Social media was agog on Tuesday after Tinubu suffered a gaffe during his speech at the flag off of his 2023 campaigns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While rounding off his speech&comma; he suffered a slip of tongue as he mistakenly referred to the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; when he had his party in mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;…I hand over back to the chairman of the party before he disciplines me for leaving the President waiting and keeping him standing&period; We are calling&comma; inviting the national chairman to invite the President&period; At least to close this part of the ceremony&period; Thank you&comma; God bless you&comma; God bless Nigeria&period; God bless PD…APC&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The incident had sparked rumours that Tinubu might be suffering from dementia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;nigerian-army-general-murdered-in-abuja-photo&sol;">Top Nigerian Army General Murdered In Lagos <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Critics of the APC Presidential Candidate have said Tinubu avoids debate in order not to goof&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reacting to critics&comma; Tinubu said he was intentionally praying for his enemies and showing them love&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking through the spokesperson of the Tinubu&sol;Shettima Presidential Campaign Organisation&comma; Femi Fani-Kayode on Thursday&comma; November 17&comma; Tinubu said he is glad he prayed for the PDP in Jos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The Bible says &&num;8220&semi;pray for your enemies and show them love and kindness for it is like heaping coals of fire on their heads&colon; in doing so the Lord will REWARD you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I am glad that BAT prayed for PDP in Jos&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We shall repay their EVIL with GOOD so that&comma; as the Bible says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;evil will never depart from their households&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;