Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, told The PUNCH over the phone on Sunday that the president and vice president must do more than simply fill out asset declaration forms and submit them to the Code of Conduct Bureau to comply with the law.

He asked both men to demonstrate their differences to the world by publicly stating their material and financial worth to Nigerians, as did former President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua.

He said, “They should follow the path of the late President Umaru Yar’ Adua to demonstrate to Nigerians their readiness for transparent and accountable leadership. There are provisions in our laws covering asset declarations by public officers; it is a statutory requirement. Recall that Umaru Yar’Adua, a president elected on the platform of the PDP, declared his assets publicly. Those are the kind of leadership traits expected at that level.”

But a former Minister of State for Labour and Employment and spokesman for the dissolved APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, rejected the agitation for Tinubu to declare his assets publicly.

Keyamo said, “Public declaration of assets is not a legal requirement. The public deserves to know this. It is just a matter of choice. If anyone thinks it is a moral obligation, he can do it. But that is left to individuals.’’

When asked if Labour Party would want Tinubu to make his declared assets public, the National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, said, “Let’s give him some time to declare his assets. That’s my opinion. But the law says he should declare his assets. For me, I think he should do it publicly.

“He is already a wealthy man with all his acquisition after serving as a senator and a two-term governor. Are you even sure he will remember all his assets?”