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Nigeria Has Gained Much From Tinubu, Will Still Gain More - Buhari Says

Nigeria Has Gained Much From Tinubu, Will Still Gain More - Buhari Says

Tinubu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his 65th birthday.

He said the nation had benefitted a lot from the Tinubu’s personal sacrifices, political experience, and intellectual foresight and still stands to gain more.

Buhari’s goodwill message was contained in a statement made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.


The statement read, “President Buhari joins all members of the APC, political and business associates of the Asiwaju of Lagos, his friends and family, in celebrating another milestone in the life of the great leader, whose foray into politics ushered in a better understanding of building consensus to achieve historical feats, like unseating an incumbent government.

“As he turns 65 years, the President believes the Asiwaju raised the bar for many political leaders across the country as a two-term governor of Lagos State, and also bequeathed a style of leadership that completely altered the landscape of the commercial capital.

“Recalling his pleasant and intellectually enriching encounters with the Jagaban of Borgu Kingdom over the years, the President reaffirms that the nation has benefitted a lot from the personal sacrifices, political experience and intellectual foresight of the APC chieftain, and still stands to gain more.

“President Buhari prays that the almighty God will grant the Asiwaju good health, longer life and more wisdom to serve his country and humanity.”

Tinubu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his 65th birthday.

He said the nation had benefitted a lot from the Tinubu’s personal sacrifices, political experience, and intellectual foresight and still stands to gain more.

Buhari’s goodwill message was contained in a statement made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.


The statement read, “President Buhari joins all members of the APC, political and business associates of the Asiwaju of Lagos, his friends and family, in celebrating another milestone in the life of the great leader, whose foray into politics ushered in a better understanding of building consensus to achieve historical feats, like unseating an incumbent government.

“As he turns 65 years, the President believes the Asiwaju raised the bar for many political leaders across the country as a two-term governor of Lagos State, and also bequeathed a style of leadership that completely altered the landscape of the commercial capital.

“Recalling his pleasant and intellectually enriching encounters with the Jagaban of Borgu Kingdom over the years, the President reaffirms that the nation has benefitted a lot from the personal sacrifices, political experience and intellectual foresight of the APC chieftain, and still stands to gain more.

“President Buhari prays that the almighty God will grant the Asiwaju good health, longer life and more wisdom to serve his country and humanity.”

Video + Photos: Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

Video + Photos: Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

The national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, few minutes ago arrived Akure, the State Capital of Ondo State for the swearing-in of  Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, the New governor of Ondo State


Tinubu was received by Senator Babafemi Ojodu, Senator Tokunbo Afikutomi, Senator Ajayi Borrofice and Others.

Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

Below is the Video




Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

The national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, few minutes ago arrived Akure, the State Capital of Ondo State for the swearing-in of  Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, the New governor of Ondo State


Tinubu was received by Senator Babafemi Ojodu, Senator Tokunbo Afikutomi, Senator Ajayi Borrofice and Others.

Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

Tinubu Arrives Ondo For Akeredolu's Inauguration

Below is the Video




Payment of N5000 Stipend, Sign of Buhari's Commitment to People's Welfare - Tinubu

Payment of N5000 Stipend, Sign of Buhari's Commitment to People's Welfare - Tinubu

Buhari and Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the commencement of the payment of N5000 each to the poor and most vulnerable under the Conditional Cash Transfer programme of the present administration.

The payment is part of the cardinal promises of the president during the 2015 electioneering.

Asiwaju Tinubu said the stipend for the poor was a sign of the Buhari-led APC government's commitment to people's welfare.


"I commend President Buhari for keeping faith with his campaign promise. I commend him for empathizing with the poor and the most vulnerable among us.

"The payment could n't have come at a better time than now. The stipend is a sign of the government's commitment to people's welfare. We must all unite to beat poverty and bring prosperity to the land," he said in a statement issued on Friday by his Media Office.

Tinubu again called for support for the present administration, saying with such, the government would soon turn things around for the benefit of the people.

President Buhari had started the payment of N5,000 each to one million poor Nigerians under its Conditional Cash Transfer programme, which is one of his cardinal campaign promises.
Under the programme, the president had promised to empower one million poor and most vulnerable with the N5000 monthly stipend each.

The programme is under the government’s s Social Investment Programmes, in which N30,000 monthly stipends were earlier paid to 200,000 youths under the N-Power programme, which began in December 2016 and the School Feeding programme.

The commencement of the N5000 payment was announced on Monday in a statement from the Office of the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

The statement, signed by the Vice-President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said the first batch of payment would cover nine states.

He said some of the beneficiaries had started receiving their payments since December 30, 2016.
Akande had said funds for the payments to beneficiaries in Borno, Kwara and Bauchi states were released last week to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, the platform that hosts and validates payments for all government’s SIP.

He said the funds for another set, which included Cross Rivers, Niger, Kogi, Oyo, Ogun and Ekiti states, would follow soon to complete the first batch of beneficiaries.

According to him, the nine pilot states were chosen because they had an existing Social Register that successfully identified the most vulnerable and poorest Nigerians.

He said the registers emerged through a tried and tested community-based targeting method working with the World Bank while other states were developing their social registers and would be included in subsequent phases.

Akande said the Federal Government would commence community mobilisation for the creation of the social registers in more states to expand the scope and reach of the Conditional Cash Transfer across the country.

Tinubu Media Office,
January 6, 2016.
Buhari and Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the commencement of the payment of N5000 each to the poor and most vulnerable under the Conditional Cash Transfer programme of the present administration.

The payment is part of the cardinal promises of the president during the 2015 electioneering.

Asiwaju Tinubu said the stipend for the poor was a sign of the Buhari-led APC government's commitment to people's welfare.


"I commend President Buhari for keeping faith with his campaign promise. I commend him for empathizing with the poor and the most vulnerable among us.

"The payment could n't have come at a better time than now. The stipend is a sign of the government's commitment to people's welfare. We must all unite to beat poverty and bring prosperity to the land," he said in a statement issued on Friday by his Media Office.

Tinubu again called for support for the present administration, saying with such, the government would soon turn things around for the benefit of the people.

President Buhari had started the payment of N5,000 each to one million poor Nigerians under its Conditional Cash Transfer programme, which is one of his cardinal campaign promises.
Under the programme, the president had promised to empower one million poor and most vulnerable with the N5000 monthly stipend each.

The programme is under the government’s s Social Investment Programmes, in which N30,000 monthly stipends were earlier paid to 200,000 youths under the N-Power programme, which began in December 2016 and the School Feeding programme.

The commencement of the N5000 payment was announced on Monday in a statement from the Office of the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

The statement, signed by the Vice-President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said the first batch of payment would cover nine states.

He said some of the beneficiaries had started receiving their payments since December 30, 2016.
Akande had said funds for the payments to beneficiaries in Borno, Kwara and Bauchi states were released last week to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, the platform that hosts and validates payments for all government’s SIP.

He said the funds for another set, which included Cross Rivers, Niger, Kogi, Oyo, Ogun and Ekiti states, would follow soon to complete the first batch of beneficiaries.

According to him, the nine pilot states were chosen because they had an existing Social Register that successfully identified the most vulnerable and poorest Nigerians.

He said the registers emerged through a tried and tested community-based targeting method working with the World Bank while other states were developing their social registers and would be included in subsequent phases.

Akande said the Federal Government would commence community mobilisation for the creation of the social registers in more states to expand the scope and reach of the Conditional Cash Transfer across the country.

Tinubu Media Office,
January 6, 2016.

Fresh RIPPLES In APC Over Tinubu's Roles In Ondo Election

Fresh RIPPLES In APC Over Tinubu's Roles In Ondo Election

Fresh RIPPLES In APC Over Tinubu's Roles In Ondo Election
Punch Newspaper - A week after the Ondo State governorship election, there are indications that the All Progressives Congress leaders, particularly the National Working Committee members, are still divided over a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

It was reliably learnt in Abuja on Friday that the party leaders had not agreed on how to handle the former governor on his alleged role in the Ondo State poll.

While some members believe that Tinubu and the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, worked against the interest of the party in the election, others are of the view that the duo did no wrong.


It was gathered that the hardliners in the APC, who are mostly against Tinubu, are calling for the sanctioning of the former governor and his loyalists.

Investigations showed that other APC leaders had called for caution, arguing that any tough measure against Tinubu would destroy the party.

It was learnt that those, who are sympathetic to the former governor, said the party should reconcile with him.

A chieftain of the party, who confided in Saturday PUNCH, said, “We have told those who are against the man to remember his contributions to the formation of the APC and the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari. We should not take any action that will destroy the party.”

But those calling for sanctions insisted that there should be consequences for party members who engaged in anti-party activities, irrespective of their status.

They argued that such sanctions would send a strong message to would-be rebels.

A former lawmaker, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on the condition of anonymity, said, “We should not treat Tinubu like a god. The laws of the party should apply to all members.”

Those opposed to punitive actions against Tinubu argued that the outcome of the Ondo governorship election offered a new opportunity to unite rather than further divide the party.

But the APC leaders calling for sanctions are accusing the two party leaders of allegedly supporting candidates of rival political parties against APC’s standard bearer during the polls.

Specifically, they are accused of supporting the candidature of Chief Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy with funds and other logistics.

Oke had defected to the AD to contest the Ondo governorship election after losing to Akeredolu in the party’s primary held on September 3, 2016.

A source, who confided in one of our correspondents, also said another South-West APC governor was also among those believed to have funded Oke’s campaigns.

The source was silent on whether the governor would also face sanction or not.

One of the party leaders, who appealed for caution, said, “The outcome of the Ondo election is enough humiliation for these people. Why would anybody want to add salt to injury by sanctioning them?

 “Besides, we cannot afford at this stage of our development to begin to behave like the former ruling party. Did anyone see Asiwaju or Aregbesola anywhere near Oke’s campaign? You know it is normal for politicians to drop names if such names will give them an edge over opponents.”

A member of the APC National Working Committee loyal to Tinubu, said calls for sanctions against Tinubu were misplaced.

He said, “Who are those making such calls? I am sure they are people who did not know how the APC was formed. When did showing preference for a particular party member over another constitute an anti-party activity?

“Anyone who can provide proof of any anti-party activity against Tinubu should come out in the open instead of chasing shadows.”
Fresh RIPPLES In APC Over Tinubu's Roles In Ondo Election
Punch Newspaper - A week after the Ondo State governorship election, there are indications that the All Progressives Congress leaders, particularly the National Working Committee members, are still divided over a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

It was reliably learnt in Abuja on Friday that the party leaders had not agreed on how to handle the former governor on his alleged role in the Ondo State poll.

While some members believe that Tinubu and the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, worked against the interest of the party in the election, others are of the view that the duo did no wrong.


It was gathered that the hardliners in the APC, who are mostly against Tinubu, are calling for the sanctioning of the former governor and his loyalists.

Investigations showed that other APC leaders had called for caution, arguing that any tough measure against Tinubu would destroy the party.

It was learnt that those, who are sympathetic to the former governor, said the party should reconcile with him.

A chieftain of the party, who confided in Saturday PUNCH, said, “We have told those who are against the man to remember his contributions to the formation of the APC and the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari. We should not take any action that will destroy the party.”

But those calling for sanctions insisted that there should be consequences for party members who engaged in anti-party activities, irrespective of their status.

They argued that such sanctions would send a strong message to would-be rebels.

A former lawmaker, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on the condition of anonymity, said, “We should not treat Tinubu like a god. The laws of the party should apply to all members.”

Those opposed to punitive actions against Tinubu argued that the outcome of the Ondo governorship election offered a new opportunity to unite rather than further divide the party.

But the APC leaders calling for sanctions are accusing the two party leaders of allegedly supporting candidates of rival political parties against APC’s standard bearer during the polls.

Specifically, they are accused of supporting the candidature of Chief Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy with funds and other logistics.

Oke had defected to the AD to contest the Ondo governorship election after losing to Akeredolu in the party’s primary held on September 3, 2016.

A source, who confided in one of our correspondents, also said another South-West APC governor was also among those believed to have funded Oke’s campaigns.

The source was silent on whether the governor would also face sanction or not.

One of the party leaders, who appealed for caution, said, “The outcome of the Ondo election is enough humiliation for these people. Why would anybody want to add salt to injury by sanctioning them?

 “Besides, we cannot afford at this stage of our development to begin to behave like the former ruling party. Did anyone see Asiwaju or Aregbesola anywhere near Oke’s campaign? You know it is normal for politicians to drop names if such names will give them an edge over opponents.”

A member of the APC National Working Committee loyal to Tinubu, said calls for sanctions against Tinubu were misplaced.

He said, “Who are those making such calls? I am sure they are people who did not know how the APC was formed. When did showing preference for a particular party member over another constitute an anti-party activity?

“Anyone who can provide proof of any anti-party activity against Tinubu should come out in the open instead of chasing shadows.”

A Word For Tinubu Political Obituary Writers, By Na-Allah Mohammed Zagga

A Word For Tinubu Political Obituary Writers, By Na-Allah Mohammed Zagga

A Word For Tinubu Political Obituary Writers, By Na-Allah Mohammed Zagga
Is the outcome of the Ondo gubernatorial election enough and conclusive evidence that Jagaba Bola Tinubu is politically "finished" as some emergency wheelchair analysts have concluded? 

Was the election primarily designed to destroy Tinubu or to strength APC as a Party? Did Buhari tell you Tinubu is no longer relevant and desirable to the protection of his political interest? Can you claim to be a staunch APC supporter by promoting acrimony and bitter divisions among its leaders? Is the so-called humiliation of Tinubu the official policy of APC as a party? 

In 2012, these same political "experts" arrogantly declared that Tinubu was politically kaput because his then ACN candidate Rotimi Akeredolu was defeated by Dr. Segun Mimiko. Yet, the same Tinubu became the rallying point for galvanising opposition parties into one single formidable merger that saw the routing of PDP from power.


Tinubu controlled more states than other former opposition parties in Nigeria. He is a political giant killer, a consummate organiser and mobiliser whose political strategic genius was never taken lightly even by the then ruling PDP. His unflagging commitment to entrench unity and bridge the gap of suspicions and mutual distrust among opposition parties in Nigeria resulted in the most formidable merger that swept away a dominant ruling party which once boasted it would rule for 60 years. 

The PDP was deceived by a false sense of security, and even boasted that the merger could not last longer than a year. It was proved wrong.

The success of the opposition parties in 2015 cannot be fairly and objectively written without recognising the role of Jagaba Bola Tinubu in bringing about the most formidable coalition to oust PDP from power. As the Daily Trust newspaper Monday columnist Mahmud Muhammad Jega once noted, it is a mistake to humiliate Tinubu out of APC when you don't have any southwest politician formidable enough to replace him for now. 

Triumphalism is politically dangerous. No wise master should delight in destroying his loyal slaves. Tinubu had a choice to retain the southwest without caring to capture power at the centre, a posture that would have helped PDP retain power. None of the former opposition parties could have individually captured power at the centre because they were largely regional parties, unlike PDP which enjoyed broader national appeal, an advantage it destroyed on account of corruption and greed.

Having formed a government at the centre, what the APC needs now more than anything else is unity. You cannot however achieve that goal if you allow some people within the party to start singing the war songs of "finishing off" Tinubu or anybody else. President Buhari should distance himself from party members whose goals is to spread the seeds of acrimony and bitter divisions and driving a wedge between him and Jagaba Tinubu. 

It is politically naive, even foolhardy, to start shouting who is Tinubu. The APC National Chairman Chief John Oyegun should make reconciliation his priority and not adding fuel to the flames of acrimony and bitter divisions. You can't humiliate Tinubu without putting party unity at risk. The disintegration of the alliance by starting wars you can't finish will do more harm than good to the APC.

Despite the fact that nobody is indispensable, some people do make a difference. Former Governor Suswam of Benue State humiliated Senator Barnabas Gemade and other key party leaders that helped the PDP to power and he paid dearly for it. Just because you have power in your hands, don't seek to bring down key stakeholders that contributed immensely to the party's success. 

As Yahaya Adamu Bajoga argued, when former PDP Governors threatened to leave, they were cavalierly told "good riddance to bad rubbish." The rest is history.
A Word For Tinubu Political Obituary Writers, By Na-Allah Mohammed Zagga
Is the outcome of the Ondo gubernatorial election enough and conclusive evidence that Jagaba Bola Tinubu is politically "finished" as some emergency wheelchair analysts have concluded? 

Was the election primarily designed to destroy Tinubu or to strength APC as a Party? Did Buhari tell you Tinubu is no longer relevant and desirable to the protection of his political interest? Can you claim to be a staunch APC supporter by promoting acrimony and bitter divisions among its leaders? Is the so-called humiliation of Tinubu the official policy of APC as a party? 

In 2012, these same political "experts" arrogantly declared that Tinubu was politically kaput because his then ACN candidate Rotimi Akeredolu was defeated by Dr. Segun Mimiko. Yet, the same Tinubu became the rallying point for galvanising opposition parties into one single formidable merger that saw the routing of PDP from power.


Tinubu controlled more states than other former opposition parties in Nigeria. He is a political giant killer, a consummate organiser and mobiliser whose political strategic genius was never taken lightly even by the then ruling PDP. His unflagging commitment to entrench unity and bridge the gap of suspicions and mutual distrust among opposition parties in Nigeria resulted in the most formidable merger that swept away a dominant ruling party which once boasted it would rule for 60 years. 

The PDP was deceived by a false sense of security, and even boasted that the merger could not last longer than a year. It was proved wrong.

The success of the opposition parties in 2015 cannot be fairly and objectively written without recognising the role of Jagaba Bola Tinubu in bringing about the most formidable coalition to oust PDP from power. As the Daily Trust newspaper Monday columnist Mahmud Muhammad Jega once noted, it is a mistake to humiliate Tinubu out of APC when you don't have any southwest politician formidable enough to replace him for now. 

Triumphalism is politically dangerous. No wise master should delight in destroying his loyal slaves. Tinubu had a choice to retain the southwest without caring to capture power at the centre, a posture that would have helped PDP retain power. None of the former opposition parties could have individually captured power at the centre because they were largely regional parties, unlike PDP which enjoyed broader national appeal, an advantage it destroyed on account of corruption and greed.

Having formed a government at the centre, what the APC needs now more than anything else is unity. You cannot however achieve that goal if you allow some people within the party to start singing the war songs of "finishing off" Tinubu or anybody else. President Buhari should distance himself from party members whose goals is to spread the seeds of acrimony and bitter divisions and driving a wedge between him and Jagaba Tinubu. 

It is politically naive, even foolhardy, to start shouting who is Tinubu. The APC National Chairman Chief John Oyegun should make reconciliation his priority and not adding fuel to the flames of acrimony and bitter divisions. You can't humiliate Tinubu without putting party unity at risk. The disintegration of the alliance by starting wars you can't finish will do more harm than good to the APC.

Despite the fact that nobody is indispensable, some people do make a difference. Former Governor Suswam of Benue State humiliated Senator Barnabas Gemade and other key party leaders that helped the PDP to power and he paid dearly for it. Just because you have power in your hands, don't seek to bring down key stakeholders that contributed immensely to the party's success. 

As Yahaya Adamu Bajoga argued, when former PDP Governors threatened to leave, they were cavalierly told "good riddance to bad rubbish." The rest is history.

Which Kind Of Politics Is This, By Goke Butika

Which Kind Of Politics Is This, By Goke Butika

Fayose Tinubu Kayode fayemi
The narratives are fast changing in Ondo politics. Because, some guys were desperate to have a bite in the resources of the state, they raised army of cyber rodents to demolish a political party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu built in conjunction with his allies across the Niger, using Tinubu's name as justification for pulling the same party down; all because they want to brighten their opportunism at the other side.


Suddenly, Ayo Fayose of Ekitit state who is perceived as tormentor in chief of the same party in his state has become a Darling hero whose statement is now used as reference quote. And the governors of the Tinubu's party in the South West are patiently waiting to mock their candidate when the election result is out, and their aloofness has exposed their vulnerability.

Fayemi, a Minister from the South West is being attacked from all cylinders because he chooses to be a party man. What an irony!

The implication of this scenario is, South West may soon become a pawn in the national politics, and Tinubu who is pacing to octogenarian club would be held for causing the distrust. At that point, the narrative would be twisted and those who are using personal ambition to drag his name would have expired. Somebody should please tell why some people are hell bent in reducing Tinubu, a national pilirical legend to regional champion after his undisputed feat? Who will save this Emperor from the conspiracy theories of his "army"? 

Lord, I bow and tremble .
Fayose Tinubu Kayode fayemi
The narratives are fast changing in Ondo politics. Because, some guys were desperate to have a bite in the resources of the state, they raised army of cyber rodents to demolish a political party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu built in conjunction with his allies across the Niger, using Tinubu's name as justification for pulling the same party down; all because they want to brighten their opportunism at the other side.


Suddenly, Ayo Fayose of Ekitit state who is perceived as tormentor in chief of the same party in his state has become a Darling hero whose statement is now used as reference quote. And the governors of the Tinubu's party in the South West are patiently waiting to mock their candidate when the election result is out, and their aloofness has exposed their vulnerability.

Fayemi, a Minister from the South West is being attacked from all cylinders because he chooses to be a party man. What an irony!

The implication of this scenario is, South West may soon become a pawn in the national politics, and Tinubu who is pacing to octogenarian club would be held for causing the distrust. At that point, the narrative would be twisted and those who are using personal ambition to drag his name would have expired. Somebody should please tell why some people are hell bent in reducing Tinubu, a national pilirical legend to regional champion after his undisputed feat? Who will save this Emperor from the conspiracy theories of his "army"? 

Lord, I bow and tremble .

TINUBU Seriously SICK, Sent Apology Over Akeredolu's Ondo Campaign Absence - Gov. Dalong

TINUBU Seriously SICK, Sent Apology Over Akeredolu's Ondo Campaign Absence - Gov. Dalong


TINUBU Seriously SICK, Sent Apology Over Akeredolu's Ondo Campaign Absence -  Gov. Dalong
Governor Lalong said on Monday, November 21, that the South West All Progressives Congress governors who were absent at the Saturday APC Mega Gubernatorial rally in Akure, Ondo, had sent in their apologies and given cogent reasons for their absence.

He said that the national leader of the party, Tinubu, was not at the rally due to ill-health. Lalong, who is the Chairman of Ondo APC Governorship Campaign Council, made this known to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 

The Akure APC rally, which was witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki, and other prominent members of the party, was attended by only Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun from the South West. The APC governors from Imo, Kano, Kogi, Jigawa, Nasarawa and Edo states attended the rally. 




The governors of Lagos, Oyo and Osun states, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbosola respectively, as well as former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, were also absent at the event. 

According to The Punch, Governor Lalong, who was accompanied by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, however, explained that all the prominent APC personalities who failed to attend the rally had offered useful and convincing explanations. 

He said that the national leader of the party, Tinubu, was not at the rally due to ill-health. He said: “We explained their absence. They sent in their apologies. You heard what happened there. “As far as we are concerned, the President, who is the leader of the party, was at the rally. 

The national chairman was also there, as far as we are concerned, everybody was there. “If a leader was not there and he said he was not there because of ill-health, we prayed that God will heal him.” 

Lalong said he was in the Villa to thank the President for attending the Ondo rally. 

He said: “We have come to thank the President for going to Ondo for the grand finale rally.’’ Tinubu, who is being addressed as National leader of the APC, had opposed the emergence of Rotimi Akeredolu as APC governorship candidate in Ondo. 

He, therefore, demanded the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, whom he said had derailed from the path of progressives. Odigie-Oyegun, however, dismissed the call, saying the party’s primary election was free and fair. 



TINUBU Seriously SICK, Sent Apology Over Akeredolu's Ondo Campaign Absence -  Gov. Dalong
Governor Lalong said on Monday, November 21, that the South West All Progressives Congress governors who were absent at the Saturday APC Mega Gubernatorial rally in Akure, Ondo, had sent in their apologies and given cogent reasons for their absence.

He said that the national leader of the party, Tinubu, was not at the rally due to ill-health. Lalong, who is the Chairman of Ondo APC Governorship Campaign Council, made this known to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 

The Akure APC rally, which was witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki, and other prominent members of the party, was attended by only Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun from the South West. The APC governors from Imo, Kano, Kogi, Jigawa, Nasarawa and Edo states attended the rally. 




The governors of Lagos, Oyo and Osun states, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbosola respectively, as well as former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, were also absent at the event. 

According to The Punch, Governor Lalong, who was accompanied by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, however, explained that all the prominent APC personalities who failed to attend the rally had offered useful and convincing explanations. 

He said that the national leader of the party, Tinubu, was not at the rally due to ill-health. He said: “We explained their absence. They sent in their apologies. You heard what happened there. “As far as we are concerned, the President, who is the leader of the party, was at the rally. 

The national chairman was also there, as far as we are concerned, everybody was there. “If a leader was not there and he said he was not there because of ill-health, we prayed that God will heal him.” 

Lalong said he was in the Villa to thank the President for attending the Ondo rally. 

He said: “We have come to thank the President for going to Ondo for the grand finale rally.’’ Tinubu, who is being addressed as National leader of the APC, had opposed the emergence of Rotimi Akeredolu as APC governorship candidate in Ondo. 

He, therefore, demanded the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, whom he said had derailed from the path of progressives. Odigie-Oyegun, however, dismissed the call, saying the party’s primary election was free and fair. 


SHOCKER: 9 APC Governors Set To Quit Party Ahead 2019

SHOCKER: 9 APC Governors Set To Quit Party Ahead 2019

SHOCKER: 9 APC Governors Set To Quit Party Ahead 2019 New Telegraph - Ahead of the 2019 presidential elections, there are indications that some state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to ditch the ruling party.

The rumoured exit, according to a party leader, will affect the fortunes of the governing party and President Muhammadu Buhari’s future ambition in 2019.

Except the president and party leaders move fast to heal the wounds in APC, no fewer than nine governors and hundreds of party chieftains are on their way out of the party.


The APC is expected to suffer more in South-West and North Central. Although the APC, the ruling party at the centre, currently controls 23 out of the 36 states of the federation, a number of governors in these states have become disenchanted with the party and the government at the centre.

Another source told our correspondent that some of the governors are reaching out to their colleagues in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for alliance in forming a new political platform.

New Telegraph learnt that the cracks which developed in the APC soon after the party’s historic electoral victory last year, have continued to widen by the day due to the perceived policy of exclusion unleashed on its members from the top hierarchy of the party.

The negative policy has manifested mostly in the alleged lopsided appointments made by President Buhari since he assumed office 16 months ago.

The governors are also uncomfortable with the non-fulfillment of many populist campaign promises upon which the party rode to power. However, National Secretary of the APC, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has dismissed the reports of the impending defection of some governors as untrue.

According to Buni, President Buhari and the governors “are on the same page of providing democracy dividends to the electorate.” A member of the ruling party, who spoke with New Telegraph in confidence, said the governors had been bearing the pains of dashes hopes and exclusion from major decisions of government for a long while, but were forced to voice it out after Buhari released his list of ambassadorial nominees and they found that they were completely sidelined from the process.

“You recall that recently, the governors wrote him (Buhari) a letter and sent a delegation to deliver the message to him. They just couldn’t believe that those appointed as ambassadorial nominees from their states were not known to them, the governors. I must tell you that that letter is a warning shot and a signal of what we should expect as we go into 2017.

Most of these governors are fed up with this style of leader ship where everything is done by the so-called cabal in Aso Rock without consultation with other stakeholders.

“You know that since 1999, the governors have been major stakeholders in our democracy. Some people may not like them, but they deserve some respect because they are the political leaders in their various states.

They do not just have control over the machinery of government in their states, they have their loyalists at the two chambers of the National Assembly and a President can only ignore them at his own peril,” he said.

New Telegraph learnt that apart from the frosty relationship between the Presidency and the leadership of the National Assembly dating back to the inauguration of the 8th Assembly, some of the governors have been making inroads into the parliament, using their influence to checkmate the Presidency.

There have been speculations that some of the governors were the brains behind the stalling of a number of proposals sent by the executive to the legislature.

It was learnt that a number of governors, particularly those from the South- West geo-political zone are already on their way out of the APC because of the perceived humiliation of the national leader of the party and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by the party and the presidency.

Sources within the party disclosed that given what has happened in the Ondo State primary elections, the mass defection of APC governors and members to different political party will only be a matter of time.

“I am sure you are not expecting these governors who rode to power on the Tinubu political machinery to still stick out their necks for a man who has maltreated their principal. They won’t because right now, they are aggrieved that those of them who came into the APC from the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) have been sidelined along with their leader. “Why do you think some people staged the pro-Tinubu rally recently?

These are clear signals that the party is heading for a major implosion where everyone will take their destiny in their own hands,” the source said. Similarly, their counterparts in the North Central who also feel shortchanged by the APC, a party they massively supported in 2015, have kick started a process of re-alignment with other political interest groups.

New Telegraph gathered that some political heavyweights in the North Central are toying with the option of aligning with their associates in the North-East geo- political zone to form a formidable political block ahead of 2019.

A source, who is conversant with the plans, disclosed that currently, the alliance is being coordinated on the platform of a socio-cultural organisation, pending when the time comes to unveil the real agenda.

Another clique within the North Central is said to be warming up to join forces with some elements who have become politically displaced by the crisis in the PDP and some aggrieved elements from the APC to float a new political party that could challenge the APC.

Meanwhile, a former Chairman of the APC in Kaduna State, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said President Buhari must intervene to fix the crisis in the party and save it from disintegration.

Baba-Ahmed, a retired federal permanent secretary, acknowledged that some members of the APC were joining forces with others to form a new political platform.

According to him, the problems affecting the party have been left to linger for too long and must be settled in the next few months, if the party hopes to retain power in 2019.

“Even if you can forgive some of the crisis and blame it on inexperience, you cannot forgive the fact that we have tolerated this crisis for too long. “They have persisted, and that is not something we should excuse, we should not also excuse the existence of massive problems in states and at the national level. “Those who have the responsibility of fixing the APC as a political platform are not fixing it.

It is what we are seeing now; a large number of powerful people within APC are walking away from it, thinking that it is beyond redemption. That is unfortunate and I think it is a major setback for the party.”
SHOCKER: 9 APC Governors Set To Quit Party Ahead 2019 New Telegraph - Ahead of the 2019 presidential elections, there are indications that some state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to ditch the ruling party.

The rumoured exit, according to a party leader, will affect the fortunes of the governing party and President Muhammadu Buhari’s future ambition in 2019.

Except the president and party leaders move fast to heal the wounds in APC, no fewer than nine governors and hundreds of party chieftains are on their way out of the party.


The APC is expected to suffer more in South-West and North Central. Although the APC, the ruling party at the centre, currently controls 23 out of the 36 states of the federation, a number of governors in these states have become disenchanted with the party and the government at the centre.

Another source told our correspondent that some of the governors are reaching out to their colleagues in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for alliance in forming a new political platform.

New Telegraph learnt that the cracks which developed in the APC soon after the party’s historic electoral victory last year, have continued to widen by the day due to the perceived policy of exclusion unleashed on its members from the top hierarchy of the party.

The negative policy has manifested mostly in the alleged lopsided appointments made by President Buhari since he assumed office 16 months ago.

The governors are also uncomfortable with the non-fulfillment of many populist campaign promises upon which the party rode to power. However, National Secretary of the APC, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has dismissed the reports of the impending defection of some governors as untrue.

According to Buni, President Buhari and the governors “are on the same page of providing democracy dividends to the electorate.” A member of the ruling party, who spoke with New Telegraph in confidence, said the governors had been bearing the pains of dashes hopes and exclusion from major decisions of government for a long while, but were forced to voice it out after Buhari released his list of ambassadorial nominees and they found that they were completely sidelined from the process.

“You recall that recently, the governors wrote him (Buhari) a letter and sent a delegation to deliver the message to him. They just couldn’t believe that those appointed as ambassadorial nominees from their states were not known to them, the governors. I must tell you that that letter is a warning shot and a signal of what we should expect as we go into 2017.

Most of these governors are fed up with this style of leader ship where everything is done by the so-called cabal in Aso Rock without consultation with other stakeholders.

“You know that since 1999, the governors have been major stakeholders in our democracy. Some people may not like them, but they deserve some respect because they are the political leaders in their various states.

They do not just have control over the machinery of government in their states, they have their loyalists at the two chambers of the National Assembly and a President can only ignore them at his own peril,” he said.

New Telegraph learnt that apart from the frosty relationship between the Presidency and the leadership of the National Assembly dating back to the inauguration of the 8th Assembly, some of the governors have been making inroads into the parliament, using their influence to checkmate the Presidency.

There have been speculations that some of the governors were the brains behind the stalling of a number of proposals sent by the executive to the legislature.

It was learnt that a number of governors, particularly those from the South- West geo-political zone are already on their way out of the APC because of the perceived humiliation of the national leader of the party and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by the party and the presidency.

Sources within the party disclosed that given what has happened in the Ondo State primary elections, the mass defection of APC governors and members to different political party will only be a matter of time.

“I am sure you are not expecting these governors who rode to power on the Tinubu political machinery to still stick out their necks for a man who has maltreated their principal. They won’t because right now, they are aggrieved that those of them who came into the APC from the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) have been sidelined along with their leader. “Why do you think some people staged the pro-Tinubu rally recently?

These are clear signals that the party is heading for a major implosion where everyone will take their destiny in their own hands,” the source said. Similarly, their counterparts in the North Central who also feel shortchanged by the APC, a party they massively supported in 2015, have kick started a process of re-alignment with other political interest groups.

New Telegraph gathered that some political heavyweights in the North Central are toying with the option of aligning with their associates in the North-East geo- political zone to form a formidable political block ahead of 2019.

A source, who is conversant with the plans, disclosed that currently, the alliance is being coordinated on the platform of a socio-cultural organisation, pending when the time comes to unveil the real agenda.

Another clique within the North Central is said to be warming up to join forces with some elements who have become politically displaced by the crisis in the PDP and some aggrieved elements from the APC to float a new political party that could challenge the APC.

Meanwhile, a former Chairman of the APC in Kaduna State, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said President Buhari must intervene to fix the crisis in the party and save it from disintegration.

Baba-Ahmed, a retired federal permanent secretary, acknowledged that some members of the APC were joining forces with others to form a new political platform.

According to him, the problems affecting the party have been left to linger for too long and must be settled in the next few months, if the party hopes to retain power in 2019.

“Even if you can forgive some of the crisis and blame it on inexperience, you cannot forgive the fact that we have tolerated this crisis for too long. “They have persisted, and that is not something we should excuse, we should not also excuse the existence of massive problems in states and at the national level. “Those who have the responsibility of fixing the APC as a political platform are not fixing it.

It is what we are seeing now; a large number of powerful people within APC are walking away from it, thinking that it is beyond redemption. That is unfortunate and I think it is a major setback for the party.”

2019: APC Takes Critical Step To Checkmate Looming Massive Exit Of Tinubus; Strikes Secret Deal With Sheriff's PDP faction

2019: APC Takes Critical Step To Checkmate Looming Massive Exit Of Tinubus; Strikes Secret Deal With Sheriff's PDP faction

2019: APC Takes Critical Step To Checkmate Looming Massive Exit Of Tinubus; Strikes Secret Deal With Sheriff's PDP faction
Apparently, to fortify the party over the looming exit of the national leader of the party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC reportedly begun has begun moves to woo some members of the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Some former members of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party and the Congress for Progressive Change, according to Punch Newspaper, might cross over to the APC in what appears to be a realignment of political forces.

A Further check revealed that the defunct ANPP and CPC had become power brokers in the ruling party, a source in the APC told our source.


It was learnt that the discreet move to woo members of the Sheriff-led faction of the PDP was being spearheaded by some of the APC chieftains, who were formerly in the ANPP and the CPC.

Findings showed that some ex-members of the ANPP in the PDP were still sympathetic to President Muhammadu Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the defunct party in 2003 and 2007.

It was learnt that the plan by the APC to poach some PDP members was hatched when the ruling party realised that it could no longer guarantee the loyalty of some of its members.

The APC currently has three power blocs, including a group of former governors of the PDP, who defected to the APC before the 2015 elections.

It was gathered that prominent members of this group include the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and a former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Another power bloc is led by the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, which comprises former members of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.

The third power bloc consists members of the defunct ANPP and the CPC.

Besides the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, other prominent members of the party, who were formerly in the ANPP, include the National Secretary, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal; the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his Oyo State counterpart, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.

The power bloc was said to have played a prominent role in the party’s governorship primary in Ondo State, where a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), defeated the preferred candidate of Tinubu, Mr. Segun Abraham.

Following Ondo debacle, a top APC chief confirmed that some members of the APC, including Tinubu, were on their way out of the party, adding that they would be replaced by others.

The APC chieftain stated, “The Ondo State primary has shown that the party is not one. We are reaching out to some PDP members, particularly those in the Sheriff-led faction. Some of them are sympathic to our ideas.”

Attempts to get a reaction from the leadership of the APC were futile. Calls to the mobile telephone numbers of the party’s National Chairman, Odigie-Oyegun and Buni indicated that they were switched off.

The first set of calls was made between 3:15pm and 3:23pm while the subsequent ones were made at 7:29pm. Responses to text messages sent to them were still being awaited as of the time of filing this report.

2019: APC Takes Critical Step To Checkmate Looming Massive Exit Of Tinubus; Strikes Secret Deal With Sheriff's PDP faction
Apparently, to fortify the party over the looming exit of the national leader of the party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC reportedly begun has begun moves to woo some members of the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Some former members of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party and the Congress for Progressive Change, according to Punch Newspaper, might cross over to the APC in what appears to be a realignment of political forces.

A Further check revealed that the defunct ANPP and CPC had become power brokers in the ruling party, a source in the APC told our source.


It was learnt that the discreet move to woo members of the Sheriff-led faction of the PDP was being spearheaded by some of the APC chieftains, who were formerly in the ANPP and the CPC.

Findings showed that some ex-members of the ANPP in the PDP were still sympathetic to President Muhammadu Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the defunct party in 2003 and 2007.

It was learnt that the plan by the APC to poach some PDP members was hatched when the ruling party realised that it could no longer guarantee the loyalty of some of its members.

The APC currently has three power blocs, including a group of former governors of the PDP, who defected to the APC before the 2015 elections.

It was gathered that prominent members of this group include the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and a former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Another power bloc is led by the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, which comprises former members of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.

The third power bloc consists members of the defunct ANPP and the CPC.

Besides the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, other prominent members of the party, who were formerly in the ANPP, include the National Secretary, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal; the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his Oyo State counterpart, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.

The power bloc was said to have played a prominent role in the party’s governorship primary in Ondo State, where a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), defeated the preferred candidate of Tinubu, Mr. Segun Abraham.

Following Ondo debacle, a top APC chief confirmed that some members of the APC, including Tinubu, were on their way out of the party, adding that they would be replaced by others.

The APC chieftain stated, “The Ondo State primary has shown that the party is not one. We are reaching out to some PDP members, particularly those in the Sheriff-led faction. Some of them are sympathic to our ideas.”

Attempts to get a reaction from the leadership of the APC were futile. Calls to the mobile telephone numbers of the party’s National Chairman, Odigie-Oyegun and Buni indicated that they were switched off.

The first set of calls was made between 3:15pm and 3:23pm while the subsequent ones were made at 7:29pm. Responses to text messages sent to them were still being awaited as of the time of filing this report.

Tinubu Singlehandedly Made Me Buhari's VP - Osinbajo Says It All

Tinubu Singlehandedly Made Me Buhari's VP - Osinbajo Says It All

Tinubu Singlehandedly Made Me Buhari's VP - Osinbajo Says It All
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) yesterday laid to rest speculations about his emergence as presidential running mate in last year’s  election

He said in Lagos that he was  nominated  by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

“I was nominated by the leader of our party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under who I served as a commissioner in Lagos State,” Osinbajo said  at a colloquium on the state of the nation in Lagos organised by the Coalition of Nigerian Apostolic Leaders.


His statement tallies with the earlier account of the event given by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government ,Mr. Tunji Bello.

Osinbajo at the colloquium  also spoke of Federal Government’s determination to  intensify the battle against corruption which he called one of the key strategies for liberating the country from recession.

Government, he said, would  revamp the economy through diversification, development of infrastructure and creation of a conducive atmosphere for the private sector to increase productive activities and boost employment opportunities.

Osinbajo said: “The reasons for the recession are because of the drop in the production of oil and corruption. Other factors are the manifestation of the two problems.”

The vice president, who explained that things were going to change overnight, said a lot of damage had been done to the economy. He noted the impatience of Nigerians, recalling that even the Isralites once complained to Moses to take them back to Egypt, the land of corruption, when they got to the Red sea.

Urging Nigerians to have patience with the Federal Government as it intensifies its efforts at repositioning the economy, Osinbajo lamented that 15 billion dollars were lost to corruption through the defense contract under the last administration. He said the problem in the Northeast could have been averted, if the money meant for arms procurement had  not been stolen.

The vice president explained measures adopted to boost revenue generation and prevent graft. These include the banishment of the menace of ghost workers and payroll fraud, the enforcement of tax compliance, the introduction of the Treasury Single Account (TSA), the expansion of the Value Added Tax (VAT) coverage, the deregulation of the downstream sector and concerted action on the foreign exchange rate.

He said the Federal Government will pursue the diversification of the economy through the development of agriculture to guarantee food sufficiency, job creation and export to attract earnings.

On  the anti-corruption battle, Osinbajo said : “Allegations of corruption must be submitted to the right channels. The President does not interfere in the activities of the agencies. He has given the agencies concerned the independence to act, when a formal complaint is submitted. Where there are proven cases of corruption, the appropriate agencies will always act.”

Osinbajo said Christians should not panic over speculations about  Sharia  bill in the National assembly.

He said “The government should not be interested in any Sharia matter beyond what is in the constitution. If the government is interested, it is the Attorney-General that will submit the bill, following the decision of the Federal Executive Council.

“Sharia is in the constitution; it is only applicable to Islamic marriage. You cannot change



Tinubu Singlehandedly Made Me Buhari's VP - Osinbajo Says It All
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) yesterday laid to rest speculations about his emergence as presidential running mate in last year’s  election

He said in Lagos that he was  nominated  by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

“I was nominated by the leader of our party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under who I served as a commissioner in Lagos State,” Osinbajo said  at a colloquium on the state of the nation in Lagos organised by the Coalition of Nigerian Apostolic Leaders.


His statement tallies with the earlier account of the event given by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government ,Mr. Tunji Bello.

Osinbajo at the colloquium  also spoke of Federal Government’s determination to  intensify the battle against corruption which he called one of the key strategies for liberating the country from recession.

Government, he said, would  revamp the economy through diversification, development of infrastructure and creation of a conducive atmosphere for the private sector to increase productive activities and boost employment opportunities.

Osinbajo said: “The reasons for the recession are because of the drop in the production of oil and corruption. Other factors are the manifestation of the two problems.”

The vice president, who explained that things were going to change overnight, said a lot of damage had been done to the economy. He noted the impatience of Nigerians, recalling that even the Isralites once complained to Moses to take them back to Egypt, the land of corruption, when they got to the Red sea.

Urging Nigerians to have patience with the Federal Government as it intensifies its efforts at repositioning the economy, Osinbajo lamented that 15 billion dollars were lost to corruption through the defense contract under the last administration. He said the problem in the Northeast could have been averted, if the money meant for arms procurement had  not been stolen.

The vice president explained measures adopted to boost revenue generation and prevent graft. These include the banishment of the menace of ghost workers and payroll fraud, the enforcement of tax compliance, the introduction of the Treasury Single Account (TSA), the expansion of the Value Added Tax (VAT) coverage, the deregulation of the downstream sector and concerted action on the foreign exchange rate.

He said the Federal Government will pursue the diversification of the economy through the development of agriculture to guarantee food sufficiency, job creation and export to attract earnings.

On  the anti-corruption battle, Osinbajo said : “Allegations of corruption must be submitted to the right channels. The President does not interfere in the activities of the agencies. He has given the agencies concerned the independence to act, when a formal complaint is submitted. Where there are proven cases of corruption, the appropriate agencies will always act.”

Osinbajo said Christians should not panic over speculations about  Sharia  bill in the National assembly.

He said “The government should not be interested in any Sharia matter beyond what is in the constitution. If the government is interested, it is the Attorney-General that will submit the bill, following the decision of the Federal Executive Council.

“Sharia is in the constitution; it is only applicable to Islamic marriage. You cannot change



APC Crisis: Tinubu Does The Worse, Party In Total Mess, Oyegun Helpless, Buhari Couldn't Even Help

APC Crisis: Tinubu Does The Worse, Party In Total Mess, Oyegun Helpless, Buhari Couldn't Even Help

apc crisis; Buhari oyegun and tinubu
NAIJ NEWS - The feud between the National leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the party chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is affecting the finances of the party, NAIJ.com has been told.

A senior chieftain of the party who spoke under the condition of anonymity, confided in NAIJ.com that all is not well within the party because of Tinubu’s withdrawal of financial support to the party headquarters.  


“Things have gone from bad to worse,” the party chieftain told NAIJ.com on phone, “Ever since the refusal of President Buhari to fund the party activities, Asiwaju has been the sole financier of the party. “But he has withdrawn his support due to the way he was humiliated by the party chairman in the Ondo primary.” 

Asked to comment on the rumours that there are plans by anti-Oyegun elements in the APC to remove him and include his name in President Muhammadu Buhari’s ambassadorial nomination list, the party chieftain said it is true.

His words: “I can confirm that the report is true. The truth is even members of the APC NEC have lost confidence in Oyegun. “Why do you think they have not come out to pass a vote of no confidence on him, which is the norm in politics when a leader is under duress."  

“Majority of the NEC members are tired of Oyegun’s antics and they are all pre-occupied with positioning themselves for government appointments than staying put in party politics.”

NAIJ.com reached out to another chieftain of the party who corroborated the story. He pleaded for his identity not to be revealed because he was not authorized to speak on such matters. He said: “Baba (President Buhari) has not sent a kobo to the party since he came into office. When we went to Aso Villa to complain, he asked the party chairman how the monies for the forms sold to party aspirants was expended.  

“The party chairman could not give a reasonable explanation, so baba asked us to go and look for ways to make money for the party. 

“Tinubu has been the one funding us since then because we could not even approach the governors knowing their situation.”  

NAIJ.com efforts to get the APC official reaction to this report was not successful as at the time it was published. 

Yesterday, there were media reports that the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja has been thrown into darkness following the party’s failure to offset the N1.7 million debt owed Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. 

An electricity receipt pasted on the gate of the APC secretariat which was seen by Vanguard showed that the party had only recently paid N500, 000 of the debt.

apc crisis; Buhari oyegun and tinubu
NAIJ NEWS - The feud between the National leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the party chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is affecting the finances of the party, NAIJ.com has been told.

A senior chieftain of the party who spoke under the condition of anonymity, confided in NAIJ.com that all is not well within the party because of Tinubu’s withdrawal of financial support to the party headquarters.  


“Things have gone from bad to worse,” the party chieftain told NAIJ.com on phone, “Ever since the refusal of President Buhari to fund the party activities, Asiwaju has been the sole financier of the party. “But he has withdrawn his support due to the way he was humiliated by the party chairman in the Ondo primary.” 

Asked to comment on the rumours that there are plans by anti-Oyegun elements in the APC to remove him and include his name in President Muhammadu Buhari’s ambassadorial nomination list, the party chieftain said it is true.

His words: “I can confirm that the report is true. The truth is even members of the APC NEC have lost confidence in Oyegun. “Why do you think they have not come out to pass a vote of no confidence on him, which is the norm in politics when a leader is under duress."  

“Majority of the NEC members are tired of Oyegun’s antics and they are all pre-occupied with positioning themselves for government appointments than staying put in party politics.”

NAIJ.com reached out to another chieftain of the party who corroborated the story. He pleaded for his identity not to be revealed because he was not authorized to speak on such matters. He said: “Baba (President Buhari) has not sent a kobo to the party since he came into office. When we went to Aso Villa to complain, he asked the party chairman how the monies for the forms sold to party aspirants was expended.  

“The party chairman could not give a reasonable explanation, so baba asked us to go and look for ways to make money for the party. 

“Tinubu has been the one funding us since then because we could not even approach the governors knowing their situation.”  

NAIJ.com efforts to get the APC official reaction to this report was not successful as at the time it was published. 

Yesterday, there were media reports that the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja has been thrown into darkness following the party’s failure to offset the N1.7 million debt owed Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. 

An electricity receipt pasted on the gate of the APC secretariat which was seen by Vanguard showed that the party had only recently paid N500, 000 of the debt.

SHOCKER: EFCC 'Shortlists' Ex-Presidents, Tinubu, Others For Massive PROBE Over Corruption Allegations, See List

SHOCKER: EFCC 'Shortlists' Ex-Presidents, Tinubu, Others For Massive PROBE Over Corruption Allegations, See List

EFCC 'Shortlists' Ex-Presidents, Tinubu, Others For Massive PROBE Over Corruption Allegations, See List
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday said it would probe the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience; ex- Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and others over corruption allegations.


The Deputy Director of Operations, EFCC, Mr. Iliyasu Kwarbai, said this on the telephone, minutes after he received a petition from Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre group, which staged a protest to the EFCC’s Lagos office.

The petition urged the EFCC to probe Patience Jonathan, source of APC campaign funds used in the last elections, Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi and some former presidents of Nigeria. Kwarbai said: “We’re investigating Patience Jonathan and if she’s found wanting, she wouldn’t go free.

If anyone is indicted, no matter how highly or lowly placed the person is, the person would be arrested. The person’s status is immaterial to the EFCC. The most important thing is evidence. If there’s evidence that the person stole public funds, the person wouldn’t go free.”

Source: New Telegraph

EFCC 'Shortlists' Ex-Presidents, Tinubu, Others For Massive PROBE Over Corruption Allegations, See List
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday said it would probe the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience; ex- Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and others over corruption allegations.


The Deputy Director of Operations, EFCC, Mr. Iliyasu Kwarbai, said this on the telephone, minutes after he received a petition from Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre group, which staged a protest to the EFCC’s Lagos office.

The petition urged the EFCC to probe Patience Jonathan, source of APC campaign funds used in the last elections, Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi and some former presidents of Nigeria. Kwarbai said: “We’re investigating Patience Jonathan and if she’s found wanting, she wouldn’t go free.

If anyone is indicted, no matter how highly or lowly placed the person is, the person would be arrested. The person’s status is immaterial to the EFCC. The most important thing is evidence. If there’s evidence that the person stole public funds, the person wouldn’t go free.”

Source: New Telegraph

Between Tinubu and Buhari: The Modern Day Afonja and Alimi - By Reno Omokri

Between Tinubu and Buhari: The Modern Day Afonja and Alimi - By Reno Omokri

tinubu and buhari
The present trials of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the colossus of the Southwest is not surprising to those who have vision. I saw it coming and that was why over two years ago, precisely on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, I wrote a back page op-ed on ThisDay newspaper titled 'From Battleground to Common Ground' and in that piece, I said inter alia as follows:

'A comrade is not for what you are for, neither does he share the same interests as you. A comrade is simply one who is against what you are against. In other words, you are bound by a common enemy.

The All Progressive Congress, is a party founded on this premise.


Those who are enemies of the President (Goodluck Jonathan) and the PDP gathered together to form a party whose foundation is their common enemy.

They share no ideological connection, neither are they friends. In actual fact, they may even hate each other, only that they hate the President and the PDP more and are willing to temporarily suppress their hatred for each other in other to gang up against their common enemy.

In my experience, it is better to have a party built on common interests than to have one built on a common enemy. This is because as even a political novice will tell you, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies only permanent interests.

Now, if the above is true, what would happen to a party that is built on a common enemy?

Parties built on this foundation last only as long as the enemy is in power. Once their enemy is no longer in power the party disintegrates.'

It does not matter if you hate Reno Omokri's guts, but ask yourself if what I said has not turned out to be the truth. 

In the space of just a month, Bola Tinubu has been deliberately mystified and treated with such contempt that even those who he considered his worst enemies find themselves feeling sorry for him.

But he should have seen it coming! 

The unraveling of Bola Tinubu actually began on the 3rd of June 2016, when President Muhammadu Buhari publicly and right in Tinubu's face told him at a reception the President held for members of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa that the All Progressive Congress had no such position as a National Leader. 

I know this because a Senator who attended the function called me almost immediately after the event and told me about how the hall descended into almost pin drop silence after the President made that assertion. 

I can assure my readers that President Muhammadu Buhari would never have made such a remark prior to the 2015 elections. But who needs a piece of toilet paper after it has done its job!

That remark was the signal that sleeper agents  within the APC were waiting for to begin the unraveling of the masquerade.

Teaching him a lesson in Ondo state is only the beginning. Bola Tinubu's comeuppance is not yet complete in the eyes of his traducers.

And then look at the way he is portrayed in  Professor John Paden's biography of the president. Paden portrays Tinubu as a desperate power monger who kept throwing himself at Buhari only to be rejected at each instance. Tinubu, see how low you have fallen!

I do not know why Bola Tinubu is angry at Paden. Did he not read that this was an official biography?

Paden was not there during the horse trading. The book was written with the cooperation of President Buhari. The things he wrote about Tinubu were the accounts he was given by the President.

So Tinubu should call a spade a spade. President Buhari merely told the world what he really thinks of Tinubu. 

And look at all the men around President Buhari who got to where they are on the back of Tinubu. Has anyone of them come out to speak in his defense? Where is Vice President Osinbajo? He can blame Jonathan but cannot defend his benefactor. Where is Fashola? He can come up with excuses for giving Nigerians darkness but cannot speak up for his oga? Lai Mohammed is nowhere to be found. Perhaps he is too busy dressing up masquerades or looking for a parastatal under him to loan him some money!

At the end of the day, after all the terrible things the propaganda wing of APC said and did to Ayo Fayose and Femi Fani Kayode, who came to the help of Tinubu but the two men demonized by the very same propaganda machinery that Tinubu helped set up. 

And as for Tinubu, I cannot imagine why someone will write a book and insult you in it and still invite you to the launch and you agree to go simply because he is a president. 

Even worse, they asked you to write a review for the book and you did! Is this the same Tinubu that was so mouthy under Jonathan? Look at how he has become a chihuahua today. Lord have mercy!

Tinubu! Your Afonja too much! 

Did you not see what ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did with the so called Leadership Award. You do not honour a gathering designed to reduce you with your presence. As the late kakanfo MKO Abiola would say 'a man who allows his head to be used to break a coconut may not live to eat it'!

Even the well respected Pastor Osinbajo cannot even publicly come to your defense and tell the truth of how you helped him secure his exalted office. Yet he is the chief beneficiary of your generosity. 

My advise to you, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is this: a woman who continues to make herself available to a man that only remembers her when he needs her services to satisfy his lustfulness should not be surprised when her own children deny that she is their mother! 

Finally, going forward, before labeling people like Ayo Fayose and Femi Fani-Kayode as enemies, remember that it is better to be insulted with the truth than flattered with a lie.

Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California, author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri

tinubu and buhari
The present trials of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the colossus of the Southwest is not surprising to those who have vision. I saw it coming and that was why over two years ago, precisely on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, I wrote a back page op-ed on ThisDay newspaper titled 'From Battleground to Common Ground' and in that piece, I said inter alia as follows:

'A comrade is not for what you are for, neither does he share the same interests as you. A comrade is simply one who is against what you are against. In other words, you are bound by a common enemy.

The All Progressive Congress, is a party founded on this premise.


Those who are enemies of the President (Goodluck Jonathan) and the PDP gathered together to form a party whose foundation is their common enemy.

They share no ideological connection, neither are they friends. In actual fact, they may even hate each other, only that they hate the President and the PDP more and are willing to temporarily suppress their hatred for each other in other to gang up against their common enemy.

In my experience, it is better to have a party built on common interests than to have one built on a common enemy. This is because as even a political novice will tell you, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies only permanent interests.

Now, if the above is true, what would happen to a party that is built on a common enemy?

Parties built on this foundation last only as long as the enemy is in power. Once their enemy is no longer in power the party disintegrates.'

It does not matter if you hate Reno Omokri's guts, but ask yourself if what I said has not turned out to be the truth. 

In the space of just a month, Bola Tinubu has been deliberately mystified and treated with such contempt that even those who he considered his worst enemies find themselves feeling sorry for him.

But he should have seen it coming! 

The unraveling of Bola Tinubu actually began on the 3rd of June 2016, when President Muhammadu Buhari publicly and right in Tinubu's face told him at a reception the President held for members of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa that the All Progressive Congress had no such position as a National Leader. 

I know this because a Senator who attended the function called me almost immediately after the event and told me about how the hall descended into almost pin drop silence after the President made that assertion. 

I can assure my readers that President Muhammadu Buhari would never have made such a remark prior to the 2015 elections. But who needs a piece of toilet paper after it has done its job!

That remark was the signal that sleeper agents  within the APC were waiting for to begin the unraveling of the masquerade.

Teaching him a lesson in Ondo state is only the beginning. Bola Tinubu's comeuppance is not yet complete in the eyes of his traducers.

And then look at the way he is portrayed in  Professor John Paden's biography of the president. Paden portrays Tinubu as a desperate power monger who kept throwing himself at Buhari only to be rejected at each instance. Tinubu, see how low you have fallen!

I do not know why Bola Tinubu is angry at Paden. Did he not read that this was an official biography?

Paden was not there during the horse trading. The book was written with the cooperation of President Buhari. The things he wrote about Tinubu were the accounts he was given by the President.

So Tinubu should call a spade a spade. President Buhari merely told the world what he really thinks of Tinubu. 

And look at all the men around President Buhari who got to where they are on the back of Tinubu. Has anyone of them come out to speak in his defense? Where is Vice President Osinbajo? He can blame Jonathan but cannot defend his benefactor. Where is Fashola? He can come up with excuses for giving Nigerians darkness but cannot speak up for his oga? Lai Mohammed is nowhere to be found. Perhaps he is too busy dressing up masquerades or looking for a parastatal under him to loan him some money!

At the end of the day, after all the terrible things the propaganda wing of APC said and did to Ayo Fayose and Femi Fani Kayode, who came to the help of Tinubu but the two men demonized by the very same propaganda machinery that Tinubu helped set up. 

And as for Tinubu, I cannot imagine why someone will write a book and insult you in it and still invite you to the launch and you agree to go simply because he is a president. 

Even worse, they asked you to write a review for the book and you did! Is this the same Tinubu that was so mouthy under Jonathan? Look at how he has become a chihuahua today. Lord have mercy!

Tinubu! Your Afonja too much! 

Did you not see what ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did with the so called Leadership Award. You do not honour a gathering designed to reduce you with your presence. As the late kakanfo MKO Abiola would say 'a man who allows his head to be used to break a coconut may not live to eat it'!

Even the well respected Pastor Osinbajo cannot even publicly come to your defense and tell the truth of how you helped him secure his exalted office. Yet he is the chief beneficiary of your generosity. 

My advise to you, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is this: a woman who continues to make herself available to a man that only remembers her when he needs her services to satisfy his lustfulness should not be surprised when her own children deny that she is their mother! 

Finally, going forward, before labeling people like Ayo Fayose and Femi Fani-Kayode as enemies, remember that it is better to be insulted with the truth than flattered with a lie.

Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California, author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri

APC Crisis: At Last, Oyegun Meets Buhari, Breaks Silence On Tinubu's Allegations & Resignation Call

APC Crisis: At Last, Oyegun Meets Buhari, Breaks Silence On Tinubu's Allegations & Resignation Call

President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun Today In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
Today In Aso Rock
Slated to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the national Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun stormed the Aso Rock Presidential villa earlier to to discuss probable a wayout of the crisis.

Speaking with the State House correspondents after meeting with the President on Tusday, Chief Oyegun said there is no rift with the party National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Oyegun also said he will not resign as APC chairman based on newspapers’ reports.


Tinubu had called for Oyegun’s resignation over his role in the emergence of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu as the party’s candidate in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The ex- Lagos State governor had claimed that Oyegun over-ruled a panel set up by the party which recommended the conduct of a fresh primary.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun Today In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
Today In Aso Rock
He therefore called for the party chairman’s removal in order to allow internal democracy to return to the party.

But Oyegun said on Tuesday that there are procedures to be followed for such resignation to happen.

Although he agreed that there are disagreements on the Ondo primary, he denied any rift with Tinubu.

He said: “There is no rift with Asiwaju we have difference of opinion, difference of perception and I think that is normal. Yes, I agree that the nature of the statement was a bit harsh.

“The method of getting rid of a national chairman if that is what I will call it, are spelt out in the constitution. They don’t take place on the pages of newspapers.

Asked why the party is not calling for the National Executive Committee to meet on the issues, he said: “it’s proper for them to meet and they will all meet at the appropriate time.”
President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun Today In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
Today In Aso Rock
Slated to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the national Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun stormed the Aso Rock Presidential villa earlier to to discuss probable a wayout of the crisis.

Speaking with the State House correspondents after meeting with the President on Tusday, Chief Oyegun said there is no rift with the party National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Oyegun also said he will not resign as APC chairman based on newspapers’ reports.


Tinubu had called for Oyegun’s resignation over his role in the emergence of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu as the party’s candidate in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The ex- Lagos State governor had claimed that Oyegun over-ruled a panel set up by the party which recommended the conduct of a fresh primary.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun Today In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun
Today In Aso Rock
He therefore called for the party chairman’s removal in order to allow internal democracy to return to the party.

But Oyegun said on Tuesday that there are procedures to be followed for such resignation to happen.

Although he agreed that there are disagreements on the Ondo primary, he denied any rift with Tinubu.

He said: “There is no rift with Asiwaju we have difference of opinion, difference of perception and I think that is normal. Yes, I agree that the nature of the statement was a bit harsh.

“The method of getting rid of a national chairman if that is what I will call it, are spelt out in the constitution. They don’t take place on the pages of newspapers.

Asked why the party is not calling for the National Executive Committee to meet on the issues, he said: “it’s proper for them to meet and they will all meet at the appropriate time.”

Can Tinubu Be Really Pull Down? By Asiwaju Oluwafemi

Can Tinubu Be Really Pull Down? By Asiwaju Oluwafemi

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By now, you must have read the FFK story on Tinubu and his predictions for the APC before 2019. There is no doubt also that the FFK's political savory has went viral on social media and is also being analyzed by many political zions. Truth be told, what do you make of this cry out of FFK at this trying times of the APC in our land? This was a party who rode on the crests and backs of all Nigerians in less than two years ago. Today, the whole political gymsim of APC is in total disarray. 

Are there facts in the FFK brouhaha? Yes there is of course. He predicted very rightly and conscientiously. Tinubu has been decimated no doubt and his control room set on brim fire. For him to have demanded the removal of the APC Chairman shows that he can no longer be pretending of not suffocating under his political strong room.


What is therefore, the sin of Tinubu? Unfortunately, those behind this act were not known politically some years back. Asiwaju brought many of them into politics. You know all of them without a mention of anybody's name. He used his money and good political records to build them into the Nigeria's political arena. Some of them are acting fast to destroy this uncommon political enigma and the political structures he has built for many years. Look round the country today, where has Tinubu not invested in people. You may not like his person or even political style, but the truth is that Tinubu has built his empire everywhere. In the Judiciary, academics, politics, business, corporate world, traditional institutions, media, even religions. His hands are full everywhere. Tinubu has made more people than any others person in this generation. Tinubu is not only rich in people, he is also very rich in good ideas. He is a man bake and made by God for the people of the world. Tinubu has won many battles and lost very few.

Such a person is very difficult to destroy. You can search his forays into the Nigeria's political arena and you will see that Tinubu has covered more grounds than any politicians in history. Tinubu has also had more followers than any other politician in our present political history. The facts are everywhere to judge my assertions. 

If not for Tinubu, where would Nigeria be today. We've all seen how decimated Nigeria was turned into in the last 6 years of a government. Today, those who have the ideas of how best to run a decimated economy are kept off from the ivory power house just because "Baba Buhari" will not trust them. Today, there is no clear way out of our present economic quagmire. Show me one person clearly that can be followed in this Buhari's government without you going hungry? Clearly, nobody. Nobody, except you would die a hungry man.

Let me tell you, without the connection of a brilliant Tinubu, it will be very hard for APC to win elections in the coming Edo, Ondo and even in Ekiti elections. Look at the situation in Ondo State APC. Under that arrangement, it will be very difficult for the likes of AKETI to win an election in the face of politically enigma person called IROKO. APC should just forget. In Ekiti as I write this small note, the APC is in total disarray. No leadership structures in place neither a captain to paddle the affairs of the party. The party boys and girls are in disarray and growing blindly hungry day by day. The JKF boys are virtually crying for help not even a crumble from the minister's table again. Fayemi is all alone in Abuja, while his boys abruptly and awful go to sleep in empty stomachs. What a calamity. That is the stuff the APC Is made off when Tinubu's hands are tied to the poles. 

Tell me who amongst the so called adversaries of Tinubu can still win elections in their domains if elections are to be conducted today. Is it Fashola in Lagos, Ajimobi in Oyo or Amosun in Ogun.  Except Aregbe and Ambode  the rest are just packs of awful politicians. All these people rode to power on the heels of Tinubu and after getting to power suddenly became acclaimed political powers. But like FFK wrote, Tinubu is an enigma and political caterpillar that will always fight back.

 Good day.

Signed
Asiwaju Kasali Oluwafemi.
bola tinubu
By now, you must have read the FFK story on Tinubu and his predictions for the APC before 2019. There is no doubt also that the FFK's political savory has went viral on social media and is also being analyzed by many political zions. Truth be told, what do you make of this cry out of FFK at this trying times of the APC in our land? This was a party who rode on the crests and backs of all Nigerians in less than two years ago. Today, the whole political gymsim of APC is in total disarray. 

Are there facts in the FFK brouhaha? Yes there is of course. He predicted very rightly and conscientiously. Tinubu has been decimated no doubt and his control room set on brim fire. For him to have demanded the removal of the APC Chairman shows that he can no longer be pretending of not suffocating under his political strong room.


What is therefore, the sin of Tinubu? Unfortunately, those behind this act were not known politically some years back. Asiwaju brought many of them into politics. You know all of them without a mention of anybody's name. He used his money and good political records to build them into the Nigeria's political arena. Some of them are acting fast to destroy this uncommon political enigma and the political structures he has built for many years. Look round the country today, where has Tinubu not invested in people. You may not like his person or even political style, but the truth is that Tinubu has built his empire everywhere. In the Judiciary, academics, politics, business, corporate world, traditional institutions, media, even religions. His hands are full everywhere. Tinubu has made more people than any others person in this generation. Tinubu is not only rich in people, he is also very rich in good ideas. He is a man bake and made by God for the people of the world. Tinubu has won many battles and lost very few.

Such a person is very difficult to destroy. You can search his forays into the Nigeria's political arena and you will see that Tinubu has covered more grounds than any politicians in history. Tinubu has also had more followers than any other politician in our present political history. The facts are everywhere to judge my assertions. 

If not for Tinubu, where would Nigeria be today. We've all seen how decimated Nigeria was turned into in the last 6 years of a government. Today, those who have the ideas of how best to run a decimated economy are kept off from the ivory power house just because "Baba Buhari" will not trust them. Today, there is no clear way out of our present economic quagmire. Show me one person clearly that can be followed in this Buhari's government without you going hungry? Clearly, nobody. Nobody, except you would die a hungry man.

Let me tell you, without the connection of a brilliant Tinubu, it will be very hard for APC to win elections in the coming Edo, Ondo and even in Ekiti elections. Look at the situation in Ondo State APC. Under that arrangement, it will be very difficult for the likes of AKETI to win an election in the face of politically enigma person called IROKO. APC should just forget. In Ekiti as I write this small note, the APC is in total disarray. No leadership structures in place neither a captain to paddle the affairs of the party. The party boys and girls are in disarray and growing blindly hungry day by day. The JKF boys are virtually crying for help not even a crumble from the minister's table again. Fayemi is all alone in Abuja, while his boys abruptly and awful go to sleep in empty stomachs. What a calamity. That is the stuff the APC Is made off when Tinubu's hands are tied to the poles. 

Tell me who amongst the so called adversaries of Tinubu can still win elections in their domains if elections are to be conducted today. Is it Fashola in Lagos, Ajimobi in Oyo or Amosun in Ogun.  Except Aregbe and Ambode  the rest are just packs of awful politicians. All these people rode to power on the heels of Tinubu and after getting to power suddenly became acclaimed political powers. But like FFK wrote, Tinubu is an enigma and political caterpillar that will always fight back.

 Good day.

Signed
Asiwaju Kasali Oluwafemi.

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