United States President and the sole presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in the forthcoming US election, Mr. Barrack Obama did not personally or officially invite the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria {ACN}, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, or any other politician from Africa to attend the just concluded national convention of the Democrats in Charlotte, North Carolina, a top official of the Democratic Party? told LEADERSHIP SUNDAY.
The official who prefered not to be mentioned, told our United States Bureau Chief in a telephone conversation that it was a mere speculation that President Barrack Obama personally sent a ‘gold card invitation’ to Senator Bola Tinubu and some politicians across the African continent in order for them to attend the convention which ended last Thursday.
He also added that the likes of Bola Tinubu were automatically qualified to attend the National Convention of the Democrats because they had donated more than 5,000 US Dollars to the campaign organisation of President Barrack Obama who will fly the flag of the party in the November 2012 presidential election in the United States.
He further said that the invitation that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu used to attend the convention was the normal generic one sent out to all donors by the Barrack Obama campaign organisation, stressing that the US president will soon react on the rumour making the round that he had adopted the leadership style of a particular political party in Nigeria, a reason he reportedly invited Bola Tinubu on the rumoured gold card invitation to attend the convention.
“The United States government will never allow itself to be dragged into local politics of any region or country. Several politicians from other parties in Nigeria also attended the Democrats’ convention in Charlotte with the same kind of invitation got by Mr. Tinubu because they had donated the required funds to the Obama campaign team. None of them, including Mr. Tinubu was given a special treatment during the convention.