National Leader of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu on Friday stated that Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar abandoned Lagos
State when he was in office.
The former Lagos governor said
Atiku, then vice president, failed to act when the Obasanjo government seized
the state’s local government allocation.
Tinubu spoke in Abuja when he
received the representatives of traditional rulers from South West States led
by Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.
“Atiku was Vice President of this
country when the local government allocation for Lagos state was seized. When
we led a protest to Atiku then, he said go away. Go and comply.
“Without those allocation, you
cannot bring development. When we said we needed power to power Lagos and the
industrial base in our region, they said no”, Daily Trust quoted him as saying.
“They were taking away N250
million from our allocation every month for being innovative and creative.
Everywhere we turn, they rejected us and punished us. But we never gave up.
“Today, we are in that
progressive development championed and led by President Muhammadu Buhari. Thank
you for not looking back. Thank you for visiting and encouraging him.
“I am very happy and proud of the
very promising situation. When you have the endorsement of your Royal fathers,
it means you have the people with you and the voice of the people is the voice
of God. I am elated.”
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