Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila,
has assured the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, that
he would get to his political destination.
Gbajabiamila, who stated this at a welcome-back event held
in honour of Tinubu in Lagos on Sunday, also described the former Lagos
governor as “an eagle”.
The event was attended by Tinubu himself; Lagos State
Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his deputy, Femi Hamzat; Speaker, Lagos State
House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and other APC chieftains in Lagos.
Recall that Tinubu came back into
Nigeria on Friday after spending over three months in London where he underwent
a knee surgery and physiotherapy. Scores of politicians including the Speaker
had visited Tinubu while he was in London
Addressing Tinubu and others at the event on Sunday,
Gbajabiamila, 59, described the ex-Lagos governor as a father and grandfather
to many, adding that only 69-year-old Tinubu would be sick and head of state,
governors, lawmakers, commissioners would flock to his abode in faraway London
and turn it to a Mecca.
The Speaker also said the history of Nigeria cannot be
written politically without the APC National Leader occupying 75 per cent of
the pages.
Gbajabiamila, who has been in the green chamber since 2003
representing Surulere I Constituency of Lagos State, said, “When Asiwaju got in
some couple of days ago, I sent a text message to somebody very close to me who
understands my passion and what Asiwaju is to me and to all of us.
“The text message only had four words: the eagles has
landed. I chose my words carefully. Everybody knows the eagles but many of us
may not understand the characteristics, the importance of the eagle.
“The eagle has
longevity, the eagle is strong, the eagle is focused, the eagle flies high at
10,000 ft, unlike many other birds. So, the eagle has landed.”
Gbajabiamila also claimed there was a different “electricity
and energy” within the political class in Lagos since the return of Tinubu.
Continuing, the Speaker said, “Asiwaju, the northern caucus
came to see you; it was a message. If you aren’t back, the southern caucus was
coming to London and they cut across party lines.
“Where you are going is destined; it is destined. There are
men and there are men. Lesser men would have crumbled. The pressure you are
under, the pressure you have faced, lesser men would crumbled.”
Though Tinubu has yet to declare his intention to contest
any office in 2023, there have been reports and veiled indications that he
might be interested in the presidency seat.
While in London, members of the House of Representatives
from the north led by Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, had also visited the APC
chieftain and endorsed his candidacy for the 2023 presidency.
A day before his arrival in Nigeria, Sanwo-Olu and other
party chieftains in Lagos had launched South-West Agenda 2023, a political
movement mobilising support for Tinubu to contest the 2023 presidential
election.
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