Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the foremost opposition leaders in the country has responded to comments made by Chief Edwin Clark which stated that the Yoruba’s had no leaders and that Tinubu did not qualify to be called a leader.
However in a statement released from Tinubu’s media office, the APC leader remarked that Clark’s comments were “near idiotic vitriolic attack on any perceived opponent of President Goodluck Jonathan”.
“Clark should not have insulted the Yoruba and some of their leaders. He is not competent to utter such a statement,” Tinubu added.
“Clark is afraid that the progressive party, the APC, launched by Asiwaju Tinubu and other progressives throughout the nation which possesses the political clout to dislodge his ethnic kin from the Aso Villa. Thus, Clark hates Tinubu and all those who speak against the mis-governance taking place.
“Clark cares nothing for actual modern democratic governance that will move this nation forward, regardless of ethnic origin. He is obsessed with making sure his ethnic kin remains in the Villa by all means necessary; he cares less if the nation crumbles around him; as long as his ethnic son is on the seat, all is fine for him,” Tinubu said.
The statement said Tinubu was focused on the betterment of all Nigerian people and not just the Yoruba’s, adding that Clark could not claim to be anything but regional in his own leadership role.
“From forging the first political merger in the history of Nigeria, he has remained fixed on providing a platform for progressive governance and policies to lift Nigeria from the clutches of poverty and unjust government. This is not a Yoruba dream; it is a Nigerian dream. Clark’s utterances are part of our present nightmare.”
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