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Tinubu denies alleged conspiracy with Saraki against Buhari

By Seye Olumide
12 October 2015   |   5:55 am
FORMER Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has denied in strong terms the alleged conspiracy between him and the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against President Muhammadu Buhari, as an execrable lie.   The former governor however pledged to remain true to the vision and programmes of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Tinubu-&-buhariFORMER Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has denied in strong terms the alleged conspiracy between him and the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against President Muhammadu Buhari, as an execrable lie.
 
The former governor however pledged to remain true to the vision and programmes of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Nigerian project.
 
He also denied his alleged surveillance by security agents as he described the allegation published in one of the newspapers as a sad excursion from journalism into the realm of gothic tales and political slander, saying that the sheet has turned itself into a harbour of perjury and malice in telling tales by moonlight.
 
In a statement signed by Tinubu’s Chief of Staff and Special Adviser, Media, Sunday Dare, the former governor said the recent story titled: ‘Asiwaju Tinubu has conspired with Senator Saraki to thwart the Buhari administration’, portrays one that has descended to the lowest and darkest rungs of journalism ethics. The stench of the piece and motives behind it are too noxious to ignore.
 

He said those who midwifed the garish tale give birth not to truth but to lies intended to kill the APC’s unity and to retard the Buhari administration’s strategic reform initiatives as earlier outlined by the party’s manifesto.
 
According to Dare: “Given the potential for change that stands before us, we are now beginning to see the true nature of many people. There are those who truly want positive change so that we can break from the ways of a stolid past. Then, there are those who speak of change with their mouths but never believe in it in their hearts. They came along with us for the ride or because no other political option availed itself at the operative time. Now given the chance to redeem themselves from their past political actions, they would rather return to the political morass from whence they came.”

He, however, appealed to Nigerians not to allow themselves to be enticed to join league with those who would cast us back into the old mould of PDP governance: to pilfer, destroy and pillage. Instead, they should cohere faithfully to the enlightened programmes and promises made by our party and this government.

He said that other than voice this encouragement, Bola Tinubu will never say a negative word or lift a finger to forestall anyone’s approval before the Senate, adding: “For the record, the Buhari Presidency was brought to life by the votes of millions of Nigerians who desire change. Such a collective and historic achievement is not one that anyone who worked to bring it to life would easily seek to deconstruct. This government is for the betterment of the people and the national purpose is bigger and more important that any individual’s desires.

“In our journey to national betterment, plans and policies will be made, then amended. Mistakes will occur and then corrected.  Achievements will be had and replicated. Through it all, Asiwaju will remain true to the progressive ideals that fuelled the creation of the APC. He has devoted his political life to achieve what has been achieved. His heart is too much of the people and his mind too fixed on establishing a positive historic legacy to suffer such a cynical policy or engage in the destructive pettiness of which he is accused.”


The statement further reads that Tinubu would not toss aside a lifetime’s labour because of an alleged slight and certainly would not join with Senator Saraki in stymying this government, which may just be the nation’s last best chance to salvage itself.


Insisting that the alleged conspiracy is a figment, Dare said: “It takes at least two people to make a conspiracy. There has been no substantive communication between Tinubu and Saraki since the latter decided to foul the integrity of the Senate and the party. To be truthful, I don’t think Saraki would care to hear what Tinubu would have to say to him. He would admonish the Senator to treat the nomination process with dispatch, justice, fairness, transparency, and most of all with the greatest patriotism.
 He would counsel Saraki to shelve his personal situation for the moment to concentrate on the people’s business. It would be a grave mistake and abuse of office for Saraki to directly or indirectly inject his personal matter into the approval process. Saraki should not link the approval of a single minister to his desire for extrajudicial treatment of his issues. 
“If adhering to the decisions of the party, supporting the government’s progressive plank and working for the good of the people qualifies Tinubu for surveillance, then he will accept that.

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