…….. says Osinbajo will resign after six months
As the nation prepares to elect it’s new leaders, expectedly in the Nigerian context, there will be accusation, counter accusation, mudslinging, fact finding, amongst others and here is one.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has embarked on a fact finding mission and according to the organisation, the former Governor of Lagos State, and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is trying to seize the presidency by subterfuge should the APC win the presidential election.
The Director of media and publicity of the PDPPCO, Femi Fani-Kayode, at a press conference in Abuja, specifically alleged that Tinubu has made the vice presidential candidate of the APC, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo swear to an oath that after six months in office, he would resign as the vice president, in the unlikely event APC wins.
But the All Progressives Congress (APC) described the allegation as absolute rubbish.
The national publicity secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said “absolute rubbish, ask him to give you proof.”
Fani-Kayode said “since the formation of the APC, it has been an open secret that Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu is its national leader and also its biggest financier. The question that should agitate every Nigerian is why Tinubu has been investing heavily in the APC presidential project to such a point that he has single-handedly produce the joint presidential ticket of General Muhammadu Buhari and Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
“It should baffle well-meaning Nigerians why Senator Tinubu has decided to draft General Buhari, despite his age, acrimonious background and questionable health status, into the presidential race whilst ensuring that his stooge, Prof. Osinbajo was foisted on the general as vice presidential candidate.
“The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation wishes to use this forum to expose the ungodly plan by Senator Tinubu to seize the presidency of Nigeria by subterfuge.
“You will recall how Senator Tinubu wanted to be running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari in spite of the nationwide resentment for Muslim-Muslim ticket that he and General Buhari planned to foist on their party men and women. Senator Tinubu had justified the ticket by saying that competence was the important thing and not the issue of religion.
“But when he and General Buhari could not push through the agenda within the APC, he (Senator Tinubu), after being given the opportunity to nominate a vice presidential candidate, decided to prop up his stooge in the person of Prof Osinbajo.
“Now the real reason Senator Tinubu nominated Osinbajo has been made known to us and we hereby offer a public service to the Nigerian people by drawing national attention to it. Credible pieces of information at our disposal indicate that Tinubu has perfected plans to come to power through the back door.
“Senator Tinubu, according to our information, has compelled Professor Osinbajo to swear to an oath that after six months in office, he would resign as the vice president, in the unlikely event that their party wins. The wicked plot, as laid out by them, is to force Professor Osinbajo to resign for Senator Tinubu to be nominated by General Buhari as his replacement.
“The ultimate objective of this plot is to ensure that Tinubu becomes President. The script is simple: given the questionable health of General Buhari, Senator Tinubu who is desperate to be president for his own selisfh reasons will simply bid his time in the evil expectation that General Buhari will not be able to go the whole hog.”
Hmmmmmm! troubling. Nigerians have dwelled on a cliche to console their insecurity for years and that is; “God dey”. They are the money bags, they have the influence. They could as well decide whether to use it for the good of humanity or their selfish agenda. But, if their is a God up there who is the defender of the defenseless and the custodian of justice. I say “God dey”!
I listened to the speech of GMB at Chatham house and I can’t say I was pleased with the comments he made on core issues like his take on the sharia law and it seems like even the audience are restricted from throwing questions of historical acrimony surrounding his past military leadership. I expected to hear a master plan and all I hear is mourning words, dilly dallying from one gramar to the other without arriving at a concrete point. I have always thought of this country as one country that has fared well in adapting to the advent of the modern day civilization; we need a reason to believe that giving our vote to an ex military president is not going to end corruption. Jonathan made a promise to us when he came into office that he would demonstrate zero tolerance against corruption; a promise he has failed on, but yet it doesn’t really seem like we have a choice since just two political parties stand on the public spotlight in the mist of over 14 political parties.
absolute rubbish