TINUBU RECEIVES SHOCKER IN DUBAI AS ADEYEMI ASKS HIM 'WHY SERVE BUHARI'?

leader of the ACN and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu got the shocker of his life after he was publicly humiliated by Kogi Senator and former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Senator Smart Adeyemi who asked him at a party in Dubai why he would serve a man who truncated democracy! Tinubu was stunned at the effrontery of Adeyemi as was the audience. Tinubu, along with controversial former minister of the Federal Capital Teritorry, Nasir Elrufai, immediately left the hall after the incident apparently angered that Adeyemi put Tinubu on the spot.

A large number of the who is who in the Nigerian socio-political and economic strata had stormed the City of Dubai in the UAE for the society wedding of the son of oil mogul, Chief Jide Omokore, Tosin and his heartthrob, Faisal, daughter of Ambassador Azeez Musa.

There were no fewer than 20 senators on hand, including Senate spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Smart Adeyemi, Senators Magareth Okadigbo, Zainab Kure, Gbenga Ashafa, Olugbenga Onaolapo Obadara, Boluwaji Kunlere, Anthony Adeniyi, Clever Ikisikpo, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, Esther Nenadi Usman, Olubunmi Adetunmbi and a former member of the upper chamber, Senator Joseph Akaagerger.

Besides the heavy Senate representation, the crème de la crème of Lagos was also represented. The Asiwaju of Lagos, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu; a number of red cap chiefs, a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State, Mr. Dele Alake; and a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai were also at the wedding.

Governors in attendance included the Akwa-Ibom State helmsman, Chief Godswill Akpabio and his wife; Kogi State governor, Captain Idris Wada; a former Military Administrator of Oyo State, General David Jemibewon, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmadu Alli; former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris; Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Segun Aganga, among many others.

Something no one was prepared for, however, happened at the hall. As guests were getting seated, the lot fell on the Chairman of Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senator Smart Adeyemi, to welcome the dignitaries on behalf of the groom’s family. The Senator, a broadcaster, went on and on reeling out the long list of the high and mighty.

A drama was to play out between Senator Adeyemi and Senator Tinubu. Adeyemi, who since he left behind his camera and microphone, has imbibed the art of politicking just like the veterans, took Tinubu by surprise.

He started by recognising Tinubu as the landlord of Chief Jide Omokore in Lagos. He said Tinubu had shown himself as a good landlord at that and that he was proud of Tinubu’s political prowess. He stated that looking at Tinubu’s attainments so far, he should not be seen as Asiwaju of Lagos, but Asiwaju of the entire kaaro o ojiire (Yorubaland). Tinubu was elated, seeing a key opposition politician eulogise him to high heavens.

Sources at the gathering told Sunday Tribune that the former Lagos governor never knew he was in for a shocker from Adeyemi who after reeling out the ACN leader’s pedigree, put the question forward. Why would Tinubu be deploying his democratic credentials in service of undemocratic elements? The hall went into deep silence, but it was not a question and answer session. So, Tinubu could not offer a response. Many of the guests who had offered ceaseless claps as Senator Adeyemi reeled out Tinubu’s credentials were also shocked at the twist.

According to the Kogi senator, Tinubu should be seen as leading the charge towards democratisation of the country, rather than promoting those who have truncated democratic growth of the nation in the past.

Senator Adeyemi said that Since Tinubu should be seen as Asiwaju of the Yoruba race, he was inherently a democrat because the Yoruba were democrats. He added: As democrats, you cannot be seen to be aligned with a dictator.

Senator Adeyemi had said: “I admire Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He is the landlord of the groom’s father in Lagos. A good landlord he is and he has honoured his tenant here today. I looked at his accomplishments in politics and his political antecedents and I say that this man should not just be Asiwaju of Lagos but Asiwaju of the entire Kaaro o ojiire.
“Senator Tinubu sir, I am, however, shocked that someone of your pedigrees will be devoting his political acumen for the service of a non democrat. Someone who had truncated democracy in the past….”

“I want to assure you, Asiwaju, that there is a president in Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, who has fought more battles than any other Nigerian leader in the name of terrorism.
“In 2012, the budget for security was N900 billion; that money is enough to dualise all major roads in Nigeria. It is enough to equip our universities. If that money had entered some African countries, it would cripple the economy, but it was committed to security because of terrorism.

“Goodluck Jonathan can be likened to a pilot who took off and suddenly entered into turbulence. With patience and perseverance, he weathered the storm. Today, he has reached the cruising level and he is cruising towards 2015. I believe you should be with this president as a democrat and not with a dictator.”

The hall initially went into pin-drop silence, but then erupted in huge ovations for the Kogi senator. Tinubu felt the shocking twist to the senator’s prolonged eulogy. But it was not a question and answer session so he could not offer a response.

Afterwards, Tinubu and the former FCT Minister, el-Rufai, left the venue. They were said to have been apparently unhappy at the decision of Senator Smart to turn the venue to a political gathering.

To cap it all, Senator Adeyemi moved a motion and put the question as it is done in the Senate. He put the question, saying; “those in favour of the solemnisation of Tosin and Faisal here today, say ‘aye’…… and the ayes have it.”

It was not the first time Senator Adeyemi was lashing out at those he blamed for truncating Nigeria’s democracy in the past. During a debate on the remunerations for past presidents and Heads of State, Senator Adeyemi rose on the Senate floor to announce that Nigeria should place a ban on anyone who had truncated democracy in the past. He insisted that anyone who had been seen to act negatively against the growth of Nigeria’s democracy in the past should not be allowed as partakers in the current politics, adding that the punishment for such persons should be life ban from partisan politics

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Tinubu was stunned at the effrontery of Adeyemi as was the audience. Tinubu, along with controversial former minister of the Federal Capital Teritorry, Nasir Elrufai, immediately left the hall after the incident apparently angered that Adeyemi put Tinubu on the spot.

Shame. What kind of man run away from the opportunity to sell his idea? Only an opportunist does that! Tinubu's romance with Buhari is not based on any solid principle, just the opportunistic grasp for power.

Again, shame!

“I want to assure you, Asiwaju, that there is a president in Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, who has fought more battles than any other Nigerian leader in the name of terrorism. “In 2012, the budget for security was N900 billion; that money is enough to dualise all major roads in Nigeria. It is enough to equip our universities. If that money had entered some African countries, it would cripple the economy, but it was committed to security because of terrorism.

“Goodluck Jonathan can be likened to a pilot who took off and suddenly entered into turbulence. With patience and perseverance, he weathered the storm. Today, he has reached the cruising level and he is cruising towards 2015. I believe you should be with this president as a democrat and not with a dictator.”

And this is quite interesting. Not everyone one buys the 'cluesless, corrupt' theory, at least Smart people don't!

I wonder what his response would have been if it were a question and answer session.

While I don‘t agree to turning a wedding reception into a political meeting you can‘t help it sometimes.

btw what‘s with this weddings in Dubai these days? Is there no hall again large and poshy enough to accomondate these rich kids in naija?

Tinubu's days are numbered. Mark my words.

How can an ideologist like him descend so low to condemn a state of emergency approved by an overwhelming majority of Nigerians including Northern youths? No value whatsoever for the life of Nigerians.

Tinubu has mortgaged the once highly respected Yoruba political prowess for 5 kobo

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Can you imagine the calibre of people who trooped to Dubai for a wedding by Nigerians? Waste of tax payers money! smh.

Point B, kee ebe eze anyi gara? onwa abouo now onwebeghi onye huru ya anya ebe a? gini na eme?

PointB:


Shame. What kind of man run away from the opportunity to sell his idea? Only an opportunist does that! Tinubu's romance with Buhari is not based on any solid principle, just the opportunistic grasp for power.

Again, shame!

Tinubu knows

"When you fight with a pig..............."

remark D: Point B, kee ebe eze anyi gara? onwa abouo now onwebeghi onye huru ya anya ebe a? gini na eme?

Nwanne, eze anyi di. Manu oru jidire ya.

nonsence talk,tribune is now known to tell lies

rooftech: nonsence talk,tribune is now known to tell lies

if the news was about gej u would believe it. Hypocrite

Dis title of dis thread is sensational to say d least!

Occassions lyk dat r meant 4 throwing banters n conviviality!

D coup dat brought in Buhari served a purpose then n dat was to stem d corruption dat politicians of dat time wer flagrantly displaying

We were innudated wt nauseating display of affluence n iniquitous accumulation of wealth by politicians especially of d ruling class

Shagari d president was adjudged not to b dat corrupt but his weakness n refusal to reign in party members was his greatest undoing

Even civil servants were not left out! Then was d era of brown envelope! B4 u cud get anytyn done in govt circle,u av to tip off an official by packaging crisp naira notes in a brown envelope

Getting a contract approved was predicated on u having factored in a 10% extra cost on yr normal valuation

N dis was hampering d smooth running of govt! Nepotism n evri vice were @ dia infancy then n Nigerians were really complaining!

It was d indignation dat reckless lifestyle of d politician birthed in d military dat made Buhari n odas 2 chase d corrupt politicians away

A few months afta,d politicians aving accumulated a war-chest of money started mounting propaganda against d regime using d mass media capitalising on d regimes' excesses

IBB who aving studied dat Nigerians really do not hate corruption but wish to b part of it also took ova n really democratise corruption

Evri known enemies of (Buhari)govt were bought on-board thru indiscriminate award of contracts n d satanic SAP economic policy

Brown envelopes n 10% both disappeared leaving d stage 4 gross n undescribebable monumental corruption,people just collect mobilization fee of any contract n vamoose

In oda not 2b prosecuted,d contractor-politicians started hobnobbing wt d military

In a nutshell,it is not so simplistic to say Buhari truncated democracy if d 'ifs' n 'why's' are nt properly explained

4me evr action of each military ruler shd b dispassionately explained 2 situate dia place in history

Murtala n Buhari stil tower above evri military ruler dat Nigeria hs had.Gowon got tainted by his sit-tight antics n civil war

Back to Tinubu,I wud av bn agrieved dat Tinubu is hobnobbing wt Buhari if I ddnt kno d precedent of GMB as an anti-corruption crusader or his distaste of lascivious lifestyles of present day politicians

I subscribe to d need 2 completely change d course of dis country by progressive politicians wt Nigeria being dia focal point n not any ethno-religious connotation or colouration being deplored by d PDP

I adore GMB 4 d little he was able to achieve by whipping d then very corrupt politicians n business men including Dangote then cos Buhari remove d monopoly dat Dangote alone hd over importation of som food items

Several of d politicians Buhari moved against were even fellow northerners like Abdusamad,Mai Deribe n several odas not d 'Na my Brother' kind of politicians we av now

Its a known fact dat billions in import duty waivers were being granted 2 som business men who r major financiers of d govt in power

Who can 4get d ultimate monopoly Femi Otedola enjoyed in AGO importation 4 abt a year unda OBJ who gave him importation contract 4 all d diesel d whole of nigeria was consumming wc d young man now sub-contract to other major playas in d industry

You all don't kno dat monumental corruption emanates frm d leader dats y dey can neva fight corruption

Malabu,Halliburton n several hideous corruption scandals r 2 numerous 2 mention

4me as a Yoruba man,Xtian n highly detribalised,nobody can taint General Muhammadu Buhari in my view cos dis man is d demon dat our ruling elites fear

Its only we d youths dat I am afraid for cos d corrupt elites av almost succeded in twisting our history since most of u probably were not born until d 90s hence d social media av bn used to whip of grand hatred against people who ordinarily shd b our heroes

Dey did it to Gani Fawehinmi who pipo even later said was looking 4 cheap publicity owing to his incessant cries n activism against d corrupt n entrenched establishment

Gani later tried his hands in politics,d propanganda machinery stil said 'd best activists r not always d best leaders n dat Gani shd b content wt being just a human right crusader'

Anytime I see u all fighting yrslf on d basis of religion,ethnicity I always weep within me cos corruption,sleaze,n visionless leadership dosnt kno Hausa,Igbo nor Yoruba

rooftech: nonsence talk,tribune is now known to tell lies

But if The Nation, Premium Times, Sahara Reporters or Leadership Newspaper publish something of that nature about someone insulting GEJ, you will believe abi?
Hopeless Hypocrite

I would seriously love to hear Tinubu's answer.

Cowards. Why are they running. Heigth of cluelessness. Stand and put Smart Adeyemi where he belongs if uv got something tangible to say. When it comes to twitter ranting Elrufai will be fumming but to defend ur sef u can't.

This Sen. Smart Adeyemi is a politician to watch out for. he is sound, eloquent and poposeful. my apologies to the people whose wedding reception was ulmost turned into a political gathereing.come to think of it, since its Nigerian affair, our politics cannot be left out, most attendees most have gained from the same politics before. but My Oga at the suport of APC, why runaway?

Im PDP all the way and don't like Tinubu or Buhari, but i'm willing to give the Yoruba credit for knowing when to bow to your superior. An Igbo gate man will think he's rivals with his brother if his brother is the governor all the in the name of stubbornness. This is why we can't collaborate. Not all fingers are equal. Tinubu is an ex-governor, Buhari is an ex-president.

GEJ committed N900 billion to " fighting terrorism" in a single year and education/health/infrastructure got how much?
Smart adeyemi who professes to be a democrat does not see any wrong with that.
Spending such a sum to fight a few idiots who normally should have been routted via a focused police action is not exactly what you call smart.
Is exactly the picture of what nigeria has become.
Even the civil war did not cost as much as a tenth of this.
True democrats know that money meant for the welfare of the people is being diverted to feed Nigeria's brand new military/security /industrial complex.you do not hear the worldbank and the IMF complaining about this.
The other matter is that those who strategically look into the future know that it is dire.
The advise to the goodluck administration to thread softly from the progressives should not be ignored.fighting terrorism is one thing,killing innocent civilians which Nigeria's security forces do well is another.
From a strategic view point
Some of us can boldly see the same treatment being visited on the Niger delta in the future in the name of getting rid of militants.
As always ,only the weak will suffer.
Smart Adeyemi showed a lack of class as to bring up a politics into an event such as this.
Tinubu also did the right thing as to walk out of the venue .It is what decent people do.HE who laughs last laughs best.
I also fault tinubu and others for attending an event based on the new fad of going to Dubai to attend a silly wedding. Where next? St tropez to waste more money in the name of show?
Finally as long as there is a party called PDP in one form or the other,I will reserve my criticism of ACN for a time when the threats of this PDP's terrorism of the Nigerian people ends
Until that time , All hail ACN.
FACT :A man who is not corrupt is likely to surround himself with like minded people.

All these politicians should hide their heads in shame. How many people from poor African countries come to Nigeria to have parties? And They also took their excessive irresponsible behavior of politicizing every gathering to a foreign country. the senator ignored the usual formalities and decorums of a wedding and turned it into an occasion for political vendetta.

Members of the ruling party and the opposition are no good. The father of the groom is one of the subsidy thieves, a known proxy of Diezani whose company was awarded 4 oil blocks in Delta state worth billions of dollars in which it neither tendered nor bidded. Delta state oil producing communities recently protested and petitioned the National Assembly over the contentious deal, but the saintly Senator Adeyemi had nothing to say about it. The father of the bride, a permanent secretary in a federal ministry took the wedding of her daughter to Dubai, Senator Adeyemi didn't also see anything wrong in that! Hypocrites everywhere, God let us know better!

It is a one million dollar question.. I await the response of the self acclaimed bourdillion of Asiwaju's house, adopted and raised by a surrogate called Iya Aloja ( may her soul RIP). Tinubu's democratic credentials are fast declining since he started reasoning with his pons instead of the brain, all for political desperation and vendetta.

you guys tends to believe all the politicians, Smart Adeyemi too is no saint.... he definitely has an angenda.

bloggernaija: GEJ committed N900 billion to " fighting terrorism" in a single year and education/health/infrastructure got how much?
Smart adeyemi who professes to be a democrat does not see any wrong with that.
Spending such a sum to fight a few idiots who normally should have been routted via a focused police action is not exactly what you call smart.
Is exactly the picture of what nigeria has become.
Even the civil war did not cost that much a tenth of this.

you should have enrolled in NPF and asked to be deployed to Borno to crush Boko haram

Elueme: It is a one million dollar question.. I await the response of the self acclaimed bourdillion of Asiwaju's house, adopted and raised by a surrogate called Iya Aloja ( may her soul RIP). Tinubu's democratic credentials are fast declining since he started reasoning with his pons instead of the brain, all for political desperation and vendetta.

What makes it a one million dollar question Elueme? the same one million dollar question should be asked to Jonathan why he dines with corrupt officials and ex convicts. don't try to play hypocrisy here!

Hahahahaha....I laff in kukere...shame to asiwaju for runninhg away in shame...as for el rufia,I dnt av anytn to tell him except dat I ve found a job for his daughters...am recruiting for afro candy,if dey meet me,dey might as well get d job...a true democrat shuld av nufn to do with a dictactor...its as simple as dat...just yesterday,I watched him threaten d poor and always loyal people of southern kaduna....I av always respected Tinubu especially for his legacies and making 0BJ look ordinary buh now I seriously av my doubts...he has given d presidential seat of d APC to d north(so its obvious dat dictactor`s face will be in posters soon)...even one of d so called northern party(ANPP) objected...dear asiwaju...be careful or ur doom will be near...dictactors use and dump

gbanikiti: What makes it a one million dollar question Elueme? the same one million dollar question should be asked to Jonathan why he dines with corrupt officials and ex convicts. don't try to play hypocrisy here!

You can ask GEJ that question when you see him. I learnt he will be fishing at Abonema harbour this month ending.


@op
I opened a thread today asking why cant APC chose Fashola instead of Buhari?. the logik in that choice is what am battling to understand. Maybe they want GEJ to continue by doing another 11th hour deal on board presidential jet.

Well Tinubu we are still waiting for anwser. The earlier we get answer the better we make up our mind to follow you and buhari.

PointB:


Shame. What kind of man run away from the opportunity to sell his idea? Only an opportunist does that! Tinubu's romance with Buhari is not based on any solid principle, just the opportunistic grasp for power.

Again, shame!

Maybe Tinubu has more decorum in him than to turn the wedding of two innocent young people the agemates of his own children into a Political campaign, obviously decorum is not something popular in the PDP thats why they go campaign at Churches, in Weddings and even in burial ceremonies

By this action, I am more impressed by Tinubu again he has shown what they lack in PDP. Using wedding ceremony of their childrens agemate to do political fights is not something I would expect from Asiwaju Tinubu.

Kudos Jagaban

oshyno: Cowards. Why are they running. Heigth of cluelessness. Stand and put Smart Adeyemi where he belongs if uv got something tangible to say. When it comes to twitter ranting Elrufai will be fumming but to defend ur sef u can't.

refer to the above

tawa89: you should have enrolled in NPF and asked to be deployed to Borno to crush Boko haram

It is you I am sorry for .I am in a land far far away . My children's future is set even if I were to die today.i am immuned from all the shocks and mismanagement going on in nigeria.
These are the issues discussed where I reside .
If I were to go today,I will go knowing that I have done my bit.
So your sarcastic comment makes no impact.
DIRTS OFF MY SHOULDER

Smart men like his name suggests, know how to tackle people smartly. That bunch weighs more than the heavy weight. Hehehehehehe I d laf for Igbira language

PointB:


Shame. What kind of man run away from the opportunity to sell his idea? Only an opportunist does that! Tinubu's romance with Buhari is not based on any solid principle, just the opportunistic grasp for power.

Again, shame!

If na you nko, you no go run? What answer was he going to give? lol.

I like audacious men like Sen Smart Adeyemi.

Afam4eva:
If na you nko, you no go run? What answer was he going to give? lol.

I like audacious men like Sen Smart Adeyemi.

So you would prefer Tinubu turning a wedding for their children into a political campaign?

You wonder why ppl still think most Nigerians have a low IQ?