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Buhari takes battle to Tinubu’s backyard

By Leo Sobechi and Oluwaseun Akingboye
21 November 2016   |   4:20 am
There is fire in the All Progressives Congress (APC). No more pretensions, the major combatants have taken battle positions. The old war general has found his musket!
Buhari, Akeredolu and Odigie-Oyegun at the rally in Akure

Buhari, Akeredolu and Odigie-Oyegun at the rally in Akure

Begins reconciliation of APC stakeholders ahead of Ondo polls
There is fire in the All Progressives Congress (APC). No more pretensions, the major combatants have taken battle positions. The old war general has found his musket! The November 26 governorship election coming up in the Sunshine State of Ondo, is turning out to be the defining moment for the battle of wits and intrigues that has been going on in the amalgam political platform called the APC.

Suddenly, against the popular notion of political aloofness and disinterest, President Muhammadu Buhari, has begun to take serious interest in political activities. Last Saturday, the president led APC bigwigs from across the country to whip solidarity for Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, the party’s standard-bearer for the Ondo governorship polls.

Recent developments in APC, which has been going through some internal discomfort, tend to present the possibility that ever since he mounted the saddle as civilian president, Buhari does not want to share his exalted political podium with former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Like a trained soldier that he is, the president managed a decoy, affording Tinubu the pleasure and freedom to over reach himself in the belief that it was the same Buhari that used to pass multiple nights at his legendary Bourdillon residence that he was dealing with.

In the long interface between ex-military officers and civilian politicians in the country, the civilians have shown a markedly poor understanding of the psychology of a trained soldier. Take away the discipline, soldier’s value intelligence and they see every engagement from the perspective of combat. Tinubu and his foot soldiers, most of who believed that Buhari’s seemingly political naivety and taciturnity would redound to their greatest opportunity, must by now begin to see the other side of midnight.

It is not impossible that a great many of political actors in the country would be relishing a sense of vindication in the feeling that ‘we warned him, but he could not listen’. But right from day one, during his inauguration, the president had hinted in his speech that he belongs to all, but to none. That is the typical jargon of those adept at camp fights in the jungle: no friend, no foe!

However, without having second thoughts about that charged sound bite, Asiwaju carried on as if he remains the ‘national leader’ of APC, despite the coming on board of a president on the party’s platform.

That could explain why the former Lagos governor wanted to be the one to determine the leadership structure and pattern of zoning of floor functionaries in the National Assembly. After playing the hide and seek over the manner of emergence of Senate and House of Representatives leaders, Tinubu was led to believe that his strategies were defrayed by the party leadership.

Then there was the intrigue surrounding the appointment of cabinet members. Instead of according him the ‘honour and dignity’ of being, not only the leader of the Southwest caucus of the party, but also as the Jagaban of the merged recessive political platforms, notable emergent politicians were penciled and informed to go and do obeisance to their principal. But the appointees were made to know who was doing them the favour so as to reciprocate with their loyalty.

Yet overlooking the potent signs of changing times, Tinubu had the political boldness to tongue-lash the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, over his jocular utterance that he could not become an emergency magician to improve the fuel supply situation in the country.

Sources close to the major occupant of Aso Villa, said the essence of that public rebuke via a scathing letter that was celebrated in the media, was not lost on the former military head of state. Then there was the other kitchen squabble when the ‘national leader’ descended on the national chairman of the party during a constricted National Executive Committee meeting of the party.

Alleging gross incompetence and undue vacillation in taking crucial decisions concerning the running of the party, the former Lagos governor was reported calling for the replacement of the national chairman through an ambassadorial or similar appointment to displace him from the commanding heights of APC’s administrative structure.

The compound effect of his frustrating experience in what the APC was turning to, Tinubu was to cast away every strain of restraint to make an unambiguous call on Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to resign from office as national chairman of APC, owing to the perceived bungling of the Ondo governorship primary of the party.

But while interested parties claimed that Tinubu was crying for the loss of his preferred candidate, some aspirants brought up what they called credible evidence of delegate padding and manipulation of the process. This warranted a review. But the findings of the committee were thrown over the window, for not adopting credible methodology or getting all sides to the issue.

At that point, those who were playing pranks against his political designs and interest could no longer hide behind a finger. Tinubu brought out the Jagaban in him and decided to play his own hide and seek, refusing to engage the top hierarchy of both government and party, even as he recalled that the Kogi debacle came to be because “these people want to mess with me.”

But last Saturday, all pretensions that the battle line had been drawn disappeared. President Buhari not only went to Akure to lead campaign for the ‘defective’ APC governorship candidate, but also used the opportunity to talk on the primary election that threw him up.

Waxing bold in full presidential boldness and freedom, Buhari told the gathering that he was happy to be among the APC faithful that have gathered to throw their support behind Akeredolu so that he becomes the next governor of Ondo State. Raising his signature clenched fist, the President said: “We are here to show our support and solidarity for Akeredolu and we want to tell the people of this state that we will win the election on Saturday.”

Perhaps in an indirect jab at those who shunned the rally, including Tinubu, Buhari noted that you lose elections doesn’t mean you should walk away. You keep on trying. (After all) I went to the Supreme Court three times in my bid to become the President of Nigeria.”

May be in anticipation of the possibility of the President’s support for Akeredolu and covert distance from Tinubu, supporters of the former Lagos governor had mobilized a procession restating their support for Asiwaju.

It is obvious that the Ondo governorship polls will throw up new political realities. But what is not yet clear is how far the struggle for power in that central Southwest state would go to re-enact a throwback to first republic politics, when a disagreement between Ladoke Akintola and Obafemi Awolowo led to the declaration of state of emergency.

That apprehension was felt by those that heard the president say, “We want to tell the people of this state that we will win the election on Saturday.” Given the intriguing wrangle in the courts over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was the president giving an indication of possible connivance of APC in the contrived attempt to exclude the party ostensible to brighten the chances of APC?

It is in such calculations that the Ondo governorship polls raises apprehension about possible breakdown of law and order. There is also the ethnic coloration being given to the political schemes. One of the governorship aspirants on the APC, Chief Olusola Oke, who felt disenchanted with the primary crossed over to the Alliance for Democracy (AD), which is the foundation political platform of choice of mainline Yoruba politicians in the present dispensation.

Even as those who align with Tinubu accuse Akeredolu of being an imposition from the northern Fulani, outgoing Governor Olusegun Mimiko is said to be torn between siding the northern ‘intruders’ or the Yoruba solidarity with Tinubu to support the AD candidate.

Already division has emerged among the traditional Tinubu political family. What is left to be seen is how the people would vote on Saturday assuming the preferred PDP candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, does not reclaim his ticket. Again, the greatest concern is whether the outcome of the election would be dependent on the votes of the people as the final verdict?

Shortly after the disputations over the outcome of the governorship primary, some APC chieftain started calling for a review of the zone’s stake in the party. They claimed that they are not getting as much returns as their support for Buhari’s emergence as president.

But the sentiment among certain entrenched interests in the APC, particularly those from other legacies parties, is that Tinubu and his Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) arm has got more than their fair share from the spoils of victory.

For instance Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, who was quoted as saying that Tinubu has no reason to complain of marginalization because his interest was well catered for in Buhari government, told The Guardian that it has been “acknowledged the uncommon contributions of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his group, in providing the critical supplement, which made President Buhari’s victory from the presidential primary to the main presidential election possible.”

From nominating the vice president and occupants of Grade A’ ministries such as Finance, Power, Works, Communications, Information, Health, Solid Minerals, FIRS and three special advisers out of five, and many special assistants, he argued that Southwest fares better than Southeast that has only one Grade A Minister and no Special Adviser.

Okechukwu noted that unless Tinubu was particular about his immediate household, the Southwest has not got a short shrift of what their contribution merited. Okechukwu, who was a chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), before the merger said the best thing for Tinubu is to “own his great achievement for the Yorubas and distance himself from gossip merchants, who are trying to dismantle his hard-won victory. After all, he introduced all the appointees to Mr. President, except Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who was with us in the defunct CPC.”

The idea of nominations may be right sounding, but in the Southwest, much stress is placed on dignity. Ego may have come into play in Ondo and the coming of President Buhari to campaign for a candidate that Tinubu does not sanction could be taken as an affront to their sense of political worth. This could presage the tempo of coming political battles as 2019 inches closer.

Meanwhile, President Buhari had commenced the process of reconciling aggrieved members of the party with a view to securing victory for Akeredolu next Saturday as he held meetings with leaders of the party.

The Guardian gathered that leaders at the meeting included all the aspirants in the last primary election of the party, the National and State Chairman of the party, Chief Odigie Oyegun and Isaac Kekemeke respectively, and two leaders from each of the 18 councils of the state.

Party chieftains, who attended the APC rally included the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, the Senate President, Dr. Busola Saraki; the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; his information counterpart, Lai Mohammed; former Ondo Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, Senator Joshua Dariye, former Edo State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomole.

There were also eight incumbent governors from APC-controlled states across the nation like: Imo, Plateau, Kano, Ogun, Jigawa, Nassarawa, Kogi and Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who was newly sworn in to succeed Oshiomole.

It was garnered that the National leaders of the party, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Bisi Akande, who were neither in the meeting nor grand rally, sent apologies for being conspicuously absent, while other governors in the Southwest region too, save Ogun State, were absent.

Thereafter, he headed to the palace of the traditional ruler of Akure Kingdom, the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo, where he met other First Class traditional rulers in the state; and ended the visit at the venue of the rally.

The Senate President, who led a team of APC National Assembly members to the state, urged the people to vote for the party in the upcoming election so as to enjoy more dividends of democracy.

Saraki warned of the consequences of not being affiliated politically to the party at the National level, referring to the distribution of appointments and other developmental benefits that are often times allocated based on party affiliation.

The National Chairman of the party, Odigie-Oyegun, alongside the South West Chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the State Chairman, Isaac Kekemeke, lamented the level of underdevelopment and poverty in the state.

Akinyelure stated, “it is time to tell the PDP that has been in government for the past eight years to start packing. We are looking forward to a period of development, growth, and economic boom in Ondo State through change.
Kekemeke attributed the present predicament across the country to the excesses and corrupt nature of the past Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), assuring the party that members were more united to win the Saturday election.

The Chairman of the state’s governorship campaign council and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, concurred with the chairman of APC Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha and Kogi State colleague, Yahaya Bello, that Akeredolu would defeat his rivals at the poll.

According to them, “He is taking Ondo people from captivity to freedom. The way we announced it in Edo State,” Yahaya emphasized, “we are going to do it in Ondo State.”

Okorocha disclosed that some of his colleagues tried to persuade the APC governorship candidate to pick up a Federal Government appointment, but he declined on the firm excuse that he wished to serve his people better at the grassroots.”

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    Waxing bold in full presidential boldness and freedom, Buhari told the gathering that he was happy to be among the APC faithful that have gathered to throw their support behind Akeredolu so that he becomes the next governor of Ondo State. Raising his signature clenched fist, the President said: “We are here to show our support and solidarity for Akeredolu and we want to tell the people of this state that we will win the election on Saturday.”

    Tinubu downfall may be faster in coming and I have at various times warned him of this.
    A leader should be a leader to all in all affairs of Man

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      I guess you are ignorance of the fact that APC was a coalition government. I have being following your anti Tinubu comments over time, i want to believe you have personal hatred for him. As far as South West is concern, APC doesn’t have the right to choose anybody for a position without Tinubu approval. His constituency must be respected, anything against that was invitation of anarchy, where already seeing that in APC. I don’t know Tinubu neither benefited anything from him, but am bold to say on this matter, i stand with Tinubu.

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        I we stand beside tinubu,he is our leader in yoruba land, coming election. Is coming, you
        we be surprised with yoruba ways,tinubu know better hands to runs government,watch our leader

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          I’ve said same thing, like Tinubu or not he has an eye for a pointing great achievers.

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            Akeredolu would become Governor without Tinubu and must teach you some lesson

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            You are being childish to say Tinubu has fallen, there was nothing pointing to that. Besides, Tinubu is not preventing Akeredolu from becoming governor, that’s left to Ondo people to decide. The issue was that APC as a political party has no right whatsoever to go against Tinubu candidate. I hope you will treat the matter rather than showing your hatred for Tinubu

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            Tinubu has fallen indeed and there is nothing you can do about that.
            Too late to save the Clown

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            Is tinubu God?

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            Of course he’s not. The issue here is about what’s happening in APC and nothing else. Unfortunately, many of those commenting are saying things outside the box. I know that some people just don’t like him, the reason(s) is best known to them. I didn’t know him likewise if i am one of his political families, but am standing by him because some people want him failed politically so that. …… i leave it like that

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            “ti ogiri o ba lanu, alangba o wo inu ‘be” is a Yoruba adage that means “if there is no crack in a wall, lizards cannot enter the wall”.

            Tinubu as leader of the party and paramount leader of the SW, should no longer get into the wrestling matches of who gets what. Or, is he not also leader to Akeredolu? What will Abraham do for Tinubu that Akeredolu would not do for Tinubu? Tinubu is like an elder that descended to wrestle with the youths. If they knock him down, it is his fault.

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        So Tinubu has to endorse all the candidates of South west before we can call it DEMOCRACY
        Teach your children that way of submitting their lives into the hands of a POLITICAL DICTATOR

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          As far as APC is concern today, Tinubu is SOUTHWEST leader therefore, it’s his duties and rights to determine who gets what. That’s the bitter truth. Except you are talking about something else

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            You must be speaking under the influence of an odd mixture of drugs like Boko idiots

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            I can see that you can’t have matured discussion so, no need to waste my time.

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            It is an unwise father that support one child against the other. Tinubu is a leader, but he will be respected as such only if he conducts himself with maturity. Tinubu should see that he has reached a level where every member of APC in SW is his follower. So, he should stop supporting one candidate against another.

            The problem is, he has become autocratic and has fallen apart with his previous allies that gave him wise counsel and all that is left are dregs like your miserable self who hail him when he does even overtly wrong things. You misled your leader and you don’t change your ways, you might push him into a big whole in the future.

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            Am replying you so that i can educate you on the above issues. Normally, i ignored people like you because i could see from your comments that you lacked maturity. I don’t know if you are familiar with Yoruba politics, specifically under AD. According to interview granted by one of the Southwest AD chieftains, they don’t use primary elections to choose their people, what they did was just appoint people. That’s what they believed in and you can’t fault them. Now going back to what you said that Tinubu should not being seen supporting one person against another. According to what i read on one of our dailies newspapers, Dr Abraham was asked to step down for Akeredolu in the first election with the hope that he will be supported when there’s vacant for the same post in the future. Now let me ask you, what could you have done if you are in Tinubu’s shoes? In Southwest, the way they do their things is different. Unless you are one of them, you wouldn’t understand all these. i don’t know Tinubu likewise i am a politician, but some people are trying to undermine him so that they can take control of Southwest ahead of 2019 election. Unfortunately, many of my people castigating Tinubu are too blinded to see this game plan. The issue now is not about Tinubu. What i want to ask people like you castigating Tinubu is, do you want outsiders to determine who represent us in future elections; or those people should be chosen by our own leaders?

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            Thank you for insulting me, rest assured that I have more than enough adjectives to respond to you but I will not because I am not immature like you.

            I have evaluated the whole of your message and I came to a conclusion that you are either a Tinubu’s paid mercenary or such a deeply tribalistic fellow you have lost focus of issues. Let me address the only apparently sensible part of your post which is Some people are undermining Tinubu so that they (outsiders) can determine who represents us. Please look at the list below and tell me which one of them is not a Yoruba man among them:

            FASHOLA ( holding THREE MINISTRIES),

            FAYEMI (MINISTER FOR SOLID MINERALS)

            FOLAKE ADEOSUN (FINANCE MINISTER)

            ISAAC ADEWOLE (HEALTH MINISTER)

            OLAYIWOLA MOHAMMED (MINISTER OF INFORMATION)

            ADEBAYO SHITTU (COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER)

            OSINBAJ (the VP).

            Omole Daramola is a minister but I left him out because he is a minister of state i.e junior minister in Niger Delta Ministry.

            As I said before, please point out who in the above list is not Yoruba? Even Akeredolu, is he Fulani or yibo?

            Now let me educate you. In 1999; Kemi Nelson got into Tinubu cabinet representing Funsho Williams camp. By the time she had done was it two years in Tinubu cabinet she crossed to Tinubu camp. So, if Tinubu hand picks all Buhari’s ministers; after a while their loyalty will cross to their CEO, Buhari.

            You say you don’t know Tinubu. Well, according to some estimates Tinubu is worth about One Trillion Naira, yet he wants to tell others in Yoruba land how far they can go. He made his son Inlaw a house member in Ekiti and put his wife in the Senate. Yoruba say “eniyan kan kii je ki ile fe” which roughly means one person cannot be enjoying everything and the land be happy. Another adage is “enikan kii je awade” which means roughly one person can not rightfully call himself “WE ALL”. The moment Tinubu started putting Son Inlaw and family members in different places, it was a matter of time; Yoruba people would deal with him, because what he did is very offensive to Yoruba way of doing things.

            Back to your statement that some people want to determine who represent us. My position is; First of all; Yoruba people are among those “some people” you are referring to and just as Tinubu has a right to aim to achieve his dream, those other yorubas also have a right to try to achieve their dreams. Secondly; once those who are picked to represent us are yoruba sons and daughters, I don’t mind. According to one estimate, Tinubu should be worth about One Trillion Naira. How much did he give you inside? How much did he give so many hungry Yoruba people all over the place? Instead he will be financing gun totting political thugs.

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        At this stage of Tinubu’s career, his role should be advisory and not dictatorial because he has achieved a lot. He now risks losing the achievements. Let the people decide whom they want as leader and support that person. All you need is to guide them to avoid mistakes the other party made.

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          There’s nothing dictatorial about Tinubu when it comes to APC. The issue at hand is about APC in Southwest. As long as Tinubu remains Southwest APC leader, then he has a stake in who represents his interests at the national level. We need to understand that APC is a combination of many parties. Therefore, they are all stakeholders in decision makings. Many people ignore this facts when commenting about Tinubu. APC can be described as a partial political party. Therefore, party supremacy is limited. The party has to take the interests of the stakeholders on board before deciding who represent it at any political level. The failure to do that was the consequences of what where witnessing in Ondo. We must also reminds ourselves that Akeredolu was Tinubu’s candidate in last governor’s election. The problem in APC to my understanding was that, the party was challenging Tinubu’s right to protect his constituency. As a political student who understands how things works, on this matter, i am 199% with Tinubu. And the people who are trying to undermine Tinubu knows what they are doing. The issues now is beyond Tinubu, i am supporting him so that we Yorubas can still have a voice comes next general elections.

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            What Wole said is that “Tinubu ti wa ni Ipo agba. ko ye ko gbe si eyin anikankan mo”. (Tinubu is in the position of an elder. he should not be siding one person against another in the SW, if he wants to be respected as the leader of the whole SW).

            If he fails to take the advise, he should remember that we are not Igbo, we are not Hausa and we are not fulani. We are fulani and we have been deposing unpopular kings before the coming of the whiteman. The victory of Akeredolu is a warning; Tinubu should change his ways and you his dogs, should stop egging him on to do things that can lead to his humiliation.

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            You called it humiliation, i see it as gang up against Tinubu by people who want to take control of Southwest from him. I have said it severally, i don’t know Tinubu likewise if i am a politician. Tinubu supported Akeredolu in his first attempt, so i don’t get it when people complaining of supporting one person against the others. Was it not what happened when Akeredolu got his nomination under ACN. Now that he gave his support to someone else, people are calling for his head because of their ignorance of the issues. God will help Tinubu and i pray that all his political enemies didn’t succeed.

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            Odunbaku is the name of one of the principal players in Lagos APC formerly in ACN.

            Yes, Tinubu supported Akeredolu in 2012 and the people voted against him as a result. This time Tinubu did not support Akeredolu and Akeredolu won. It should tell You and Tinubu that people don’t want him to be imposing people in the party. Also, Tinubu has milked Lagos govt to such an insane level that is condemn-able. It is Tinubu’s over bearing style that has made many different people to fear and dislike him enough to work together (to gang up as you call it) against Tinubu. Yoruba say that if everybody dislikes you, there must be something wrong with your behavior. Tinubu needs to behave in a more acceptable manner.

            If Tinubu decides to form another party; it his constitutional right to do so, but I advise my fellow Yorubas not to follow him because we are practicing the executive presidential system and the president has absolute discretion in his appointments and so many Yorubas are holding critical positions in this govt. For instance:

            FASHOLA is holding THREE MINISTRIES,

            FAYEMI is MINISTER FOR SOLID MINERALS and

            the FINANCE MINISTER is FOLAKE ADEOSUN and

            HEALTH MINISTER is ISAAC ADEWOLE,

            OLAYIWOLA MOHAMMED is MINISTER OF INFORMATION;

            ADEBAYO SHITTU is COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

            and we have OSINBAJO as the Vice President.

            Omole Daramola is a minister but I left him out because he is a minister of state i.e junior minister

            HABA! fear God! It is not our turn to rule. It is Hausa turn and we have this powerful ministries controlled by Yoruba people and we did not have one quarter of this influence under GEJ.

            Yoruba is not marginalized in Buhari govt (Yoruba hold powerful positions in Buhari govt). It is Tinubu that was not allowed to pocket FG the way he pocketed Lagos state. Tinubu’s desires are not the same as Yoruba’s interest. Tinubu is worth over One Trillion Naira; how much of it has he shared to the hungry yoruba people all over the place? If we allow Tinubu’s over ambition and his paid mercenary journalists to push us to forfeit our enviable and respectable position in Buharis govt; blame yourself when yoruba are reduced to “minister of state” positions like under GEJ if another govt replaces Buhari.

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            We’re able to achieved these feats under this government as a result of Tinubu’s contributions to APC. Until people realize that APC is a coalition government, they will keep missing the points. Accordingly to you, Tinubu is too overbearing, as far as APC is concerned; its justified. Those who understand what it means to say coalition government will understand better and would not make anti Tinubu’s comments. Tinubu didn’t forced any of his family members on us, they went through required political process and won. Infact, i remember him saying he didn’t support his wife political ambitions initially but he gave up after many pressures from some people. The most important thing to say and i wish you help me spread the message is that, APC belongs to ACN, CPC, ANPP and so called new PDP. So, Buhari and Tinubu and the rest are equal partners.

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            “As long as Tinubu remains Southwest APC leader, then he has a stake in who represents his interests at the national level”

            can you beat that?! “his interest”, Tinubu’s interest???!!! I just noticed this your statement and I realize why Tinubu is behaving childishly. Chumps like you hail him when he goes wrong and therefore push him to behave like an agbero leader.

            Note, whoever goes to the National Level is not representing Tinubu’s interest but Yoruba interest. That is why Ondo rejected Aketi in 2012; they saw that he represented Tinubu’s interest.

            People like you have taken Tinubu as your god. You are entitled to worship him. However, until Tinubu stops behaving like a chairman of a motor park I intend to speak against him.

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        You can stand with Tinubu, that is your Business, but you must know that neither southwest nor ondo state is a personal property of Tinubu

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          Of course they are not his properties. The fact of the matter is that as far as APC is concerns, you need his support if you are Southwest candidate. Most people commenting on this issue are generalizing instead of being specific.

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            Sir, that is the big problem we have in Nigeria. Imagine useless Okorocha saying that he has not yet decided on who will succeed him in 2017. For us thinking or allowing thsee criminal politicians to be deciding who will rule us is why we are still backward and will never make progress. It is and must be the people that determine who rules them.

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    Tinubu very sad in his victory, GEJ, happy man in his defeat. This is the real change.

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    Every one wants to win a fair contest. In our clime no contest is really fair particularly our political contest. We either manipulate the security apparatus or the judiciary as it has recently been the practice as I see it. Let us play fair and allow our political democracy to be emulated by others for good. Our presumptive attitude in everything towards others is a deficit to Nigeria our dear country. Nigeria will survive it victoriously.

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    TINUBU HAS NOW REALISED THERE WILLBE NO CHANCE TO MAKE ANY BUCKS OUT OF BUHARI’S ADMINISTRATION.