The Presidential Spokesman, Atiku/Okowa Campaign
Organisation, Dr Daniel Bwala, has picked a hole in the endorsement of All
Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, by leaders of the
Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere.
Recall that Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, and
several South West leaders on Sunday endorsed Tinubu.
Tinubu received their endorsement during a meeting he had
with the leaders of the organisation at Fasoranti’s residence in Akure, the
Ondo State capital.
Some members of the group, including Pa Ayo Adebanjo, and
the Secretary-General Chief Sola Ebiseni, were however absent at the meeting.
But reacting to the endorsement, Bwala in a statement said
the absence of Adebanjo and others was an indication that the endorsement was
faulty.
He also faulted the Afenifere leaders for inviting only
Tinubu among all other presidential candidates to an event where they could
have hosted frontline candidates and listened to their plans for the country.
“In what seem like
the crawling of a rat at night to steal meat from the pot, Tinubu paid a
strange visit to Pa Fatoramti; strange because it was not an organized setting
of the usual meeting of the highly respected Afenifere; needless to say the
leader of the group Pa Adebanjo and the secretary were obviously absent when he
went to in a Gestapo manner.
“First off, the Afenifere we know has through their leader
made known their position as to who they support and it was certainly not
Tinubu. Secondly, if it were a meeting seeking to know the right person to
support or endorse amongst the candidates it ought to have at least invited the
leading candidates to hear their take on what plans they have for the country
that caters to the interests of Afenifere.”
Bwala also described Tinubu as a “tribal evangelist”. He
said the former Lagos State governor’s comment that he “would bring the trophy
home” at the meeting was a “clear ethnic insinuations and divisive remarks”.
The statement read, “So to Tinubu, the race to become the
president of Nigeria is a trophy to be won and taken to his ethnic enclave. He
was not only wrong in his tribal insinuation that not a single Yoruba opposed
the ticket, but he also lied because lots of Yorubas took strong objections to
the same faith ticket and to his divisive and religious politics.
“To say that his ticket is supported by all Yorubas is, to
say the least disingenuous, false, and condemnable.
“Tinubu has made no secret about his tribal championship and
utter disregard for other ethnic people in southern Nigeria. This to say the
least is sad and terribly troubling and Nigerians should rise and condemn this
rhetoric at the polls.”
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