Says I am very proud of my successor

Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condemned attacks on his successor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.
Tinubu, in a statement by his media office on Wednesday, said Fashola would emerge victorious at the end.
He said the immediate past governor contributed immensely to the development of Lagos adding that he remains proud of Fashola and would never be part of any process to bring him down.
The statement reads: “The past elections were an epic confrontation between two opposing political camps. Those who believed in the progressive governance of the people gathered under the banner of the APC. Those who harkened to the conservative elitism that had cast this nation downward for so many years held to the PDP.
“The elections clearly showed the preference of the average Nigerian. They chose the APC and rejected the PDP nationally and in Lagos state. Since the commanding victory of the APC in Lagos and all over Nigeria, the enemies of progressive governance have cleverly been at work, trying to regain through intrigue and subterfuge what they so openly and fairly lost in the elections.
“Our political opponents now try to steal victory when their only entitlement is resounding defeat.
” Having fared woefully with the electorate, their game plan is to sow discord within the ranks of the party people had chosen to lead them. The PDP hopes to strike division in the APC, in that way weakening us and our ability to govern.
“Apprised of their wiles, we in the progressive camp must be wiser still. We must not allow ourselves to be pawns in this cynical strategy. We cannot fall into their obvious snares for that would be embracing defeat when victory has already been won. It is our responsibility to govern as the people want. It would be to our detriment to fall victim to our opponent’s sly instigations by allowing ourselves to be utensils picking each other apart.
“This brings me to recent developments in the Lagos political scene. Born of this motley stew is the recent gossip mongering that I have willfully instigated false and negative reports against former Governor Fashola to thwart him from being appointed to a major post in the Buhari administration. I want to declare clearly and categorically that these rancid attacks do not come from me nor do I endorse them. Neither my hand nor my heart is in these mean submissions. I deplore them. An attack against the performance of Governor Fashola is indirectly an attack against me and the edifice of achievements we have constructed in leading Lagos State out of a protracted time of stagnation and into an era of sustained progress and development.

“Lagos is a much better place than when we came into governance in 1999. Each year, it has gotten better. With the APC at the helm, each subsequent year will be better yet. Babatunde Fashola has been an integral part of this improvement. He does not deserve the pillory. His record has been applauded and will continue to be when all this rumor mongering has died its natural and quick death.
“I am proud to say that I played an instrumental role in bringing Governor Fashola into politics in the first instance. He served as my trusted chief of staff, performing excellently in that role. Due to his leadership qualities and diligent work ethic, I endorsed him for governor notwithstanding the stiff and vocal opposition of many. I am not ashamed of backing him. I believe the progress the state made under his administration has more than vindicated my endorsement.
“Fashola, the present Governor Akin Ambode including myself are the products of a progressive political institution and its programmatic expressions. I laid the governance foundation and started the first lap, running as well as I could. I handed the baton to Fashola, knowing he would do the same. He did; he ran as well as he could. Now, he has handed to Ambode who is off and running as well as he can. We have achieved much in Lagos; but, we recognise as much as anyone that we have much more to do.
“We also know that progress is fragile and easily undone while destruction is easily transacted but hard to undo. I for one am not the type to tear down my own house or to bring my enemy’s rubbish into it.
“We must remember something. We have always governed Lagos state as an open forum where democracy and free expression were respected. Those who are against us were never placed in fear of the heavy hand of government descending on them even as they played funny tricks. We also must remember than in any democracy, a number of people will always oppose you no matter the quality of your performance. If an office holder has an approval rating of 70 per cent, this means, in Lagos, roughly five million people dislike the person. Also remember the PDP is just recently out of office at the federal level and that it built a vast, unprecedented financial war chest to contest the elections. The residual of that war chest is still at work, buying media space to plant rumors in hopes of spreading discord through the APC. Thus, the enemy camp may be a minority but it is a large and well-funded one that knows its only chance lies in us attacking ourselves.
“I for one will not bend to the artificial provocation of those seeking to tear at what we have painstakingly built over the years. In my mind, Governor Fashola and I are and shall always be political allies and fellow travelers on a vital journey; that alliance is unshakeable and our journey must not be interrupted. I would no more attack his character or his administration than I would attack myself.
“I see this present moment as crucial to Nigeria’s future. The nation faces acute challenges of security, corruption and economic development. Our task is to create policies that bring prosperity, dignity and hope to all. Great change is in reach because we have progressive governments at the federal and state levels for the first time. With great change at hand, it would be a terrible abdication of our duty to allow agents provocateur to prompt us to suspect and toss dirt at each other at a time when we should be focused on building a better, more equitable nation and society.
“I for one shall never allow myself to be a tool of a political enemy that has nothing good in mind for Nigeria. I for one will never engage in the intramural character attacks of which I am being accused. I stand for the unity of the APC and for the progressive purpose we serve. I will not be guilty of tearing down our progressive house, not a brick of it. That I vow to all.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/tinubu-faults-attack-on-fashola/

Hand of Jacob, voice of Esau.

Tinubu, go tell that to Creche class babies

That Frustrated smelling mouth should go and rest.

Even my grandma is envying Tinubu about this story..

Ok

Jagaban has spoken but Mr Ambode will bring down Fashola. That I'm sure of.

God bless The Asiwaju Tinubu!
I have confidence in you, just as I have believed in every candidate you have presented to us.

You can now help us call Ambode to exercise some level of restraints if he want to remain there beyond 2019.

Tinubu may be the devil himself afterall

Only fools, idiots and psycophantic nonentities will believe Tinubu or Ambode will go after Fashola.

Fashola tot he was being accountable to the people by directing all projects he undertook to published on the state public procurements site only for idiots who didn't see those projects since April to now turn around to say Ambode directed their publications.

Fashola will be named Minister of the Federal Republic and nothing wailing wailers can do about it than to whine and cry as usual.

For anyone to even believe Fashola and Tinubu will go at each other shows the level of foolishness in the camp of those supporting PDP.

Tinubu never destroy those he made, never in his traits.

Damage Control...
A witch cried at night...A baby died in the morning. We already know who killed the baby!

pendy79:
Only fools, idiots and psycophantic nonentities will believe Tinubu or Ambode will go after Fashola

Honestly. Sometimes I ask myself what Tinubu stands to gain for clamping down on Fashola so soon.
The Jagaban is not so foolish to engage in random and spontaneous fights. He is way too strategic for that!

Tinubu and Fashola's relationship transcends politics. Even if they disagree, they were always going to reconcile. What many thought was an exposition allegedly from Ambode to disparage Fashola was actually published by Fashola himself before he left office.

The procurement issue and the data concerned had already been treated on nairaland few days before Fashola left office, but I guess we are a people of short memories.

www.nairaland.com/2331840/top-10-dodgy-contracts-awarded

Editor1:
Damage Control...

A witch cried at night...A baby died in the morning.
We already know who killed the baby!

My grudge with you villagers is that you will cry till 2019 after Fashola would have be done with ministerial post

EdCure:

Honestly. Sometimes I ask myself what Tinubu stands to gain for clamping down on Fashola so soon.
The Jagaban is not so foolish to engage in random and spontaneous fights. He is way too strategic for that!

Fashola was the Poster Boy for the APC CHANGE Mantra. It bewilders imagination for some morons to even assume Tinubu will be against his nomination as Minister.

Fashola felt he was being open nor knowing idiots and no brainers are entrenched in the opposition. Of all projects he did for 8years they are concerned about a web based domain of 78millionNaira that ordinary would cost more anywhere in the world.

I have learn to just look at the foolishness of these noise makers still lamenting and in perpetual tears and pains that their souless useless Jonathan is thrown out of power.

They are just grasping for anything to ease the sorrow and grief in their heart. Let them continue while Lagos continue to Tesiwaju

I don't care if Fashola was the best thing that happened to Lagos or not. The fact points to huge misappropriation of funds and I think he should be put under scrutiny.

The country or states are collectively bigger than this individuals. A bunch of people who think they're untouchables who then get away with laying the foundations for underdevelopment that still holds us down till today.

Tell it to the stars, mr tinubu. After you have succeded in your mission of exposing him. Buuh's hand is now tied because there is no way he can appoint and exposed criminal like fashold. Amechi, Fayemi and co are also victim. Infact the duo, Fayose and Nwike will eat up buhari if he tried to appoint them. By the way, Fashola honestly looted lagos state. Can you imagine 2 bore hole for 13 mill, website that i would on my own build for him at just #5mill going for almost 80 mill, 1km road for #2bill etc He is worst than what? Answer that. Tinubu, u aint better

The problem was seriously exaggerated by the media and amebo yans.

No matter what happened Tinubu will never spoil Fashola to that extent.

pendy79:

Fashola was the Poster Boy for the APC CHANGE Mantra. It bewilders imagination for some morons to even assume Tinubu will be against his nomination as Minister.
Fashola felt he was being open nor knowing idiots and no brainers are entrenched in the opposition. Of all projects he did for 8years they are concerned about a web based domain of 78millionNaira that ordinary would cost more anywhere in the world.
I have learn to just look at the foolishness of these noise makers still lamenting and in perpetual tears and pains that their souless useless Jonathan is thrown out of power.
They are just grasping for anything to ease the sorrow and grief in their heart. Let them continue while Lagos continue to Tesiwaju

I salute your writeup....you just said my mind

who did he write that long speech for, liessssssss


from a chain smoker, who loves dirty games, it will soon backfire na turn by turn

only ass lick ers will made this show of stupidity, Nigerians will no longer be fool with your propaganda. if he is paying ensure you are well paid. Idiot, Tinubu has failed in his bid to stop Fashola from getting appointment and is coming out to spew thrash, God will punish all of you working in his media team

pendy79:
Only fools, idiots and psycophantic nonentities will believe Tinubu or Ambode will go after Fashola.

Fashola tot he was being accountable to the people by directing all projects he undertook to published on the state public procurements site only for idiots who didn't see those projects since April to now turn around to say Ambode directed their publications.

Fashola will be named Minister of the Federal Republic and nothing wailing wailers can do about it than to whine and cry as usual.

For anyone to even believe Fashola and Tinubu will go at each other shows the level of foolishness in the camp of those supporting PDP.

Tinubu never destroy those he made, never in his traits.

We already know it all PDP Propaganda....except for the clowns

Happiness87:
only ass lick ers will made this show of stupidity, Nigerians will no longer be fool with your propaganda. if he is paying ensure you are well paid. Idiot, Tinubu has failed in his bid to stop Fashola from getting appointment and is coming out to spew thrash, God will punish all of you working in his media team

Are you mad? Or is it a crime against NAIRALAND for me to air my views? Why not go to your village or state and ask your ex-governor to publish all the contracts he gave while in office so you all can scrutinize.

Schizophrenic modafuckers like you assume everyone who sees things differently from your myopic and daft reasoning believes that person must have been paid.

I have no need for patronage by anybody in government but I'm thankful and grateful to fashola whenever I travel to my village in Ikorodu for wonderful work he did within the town and outside it.

Can you useless and daft Jonathan praisesinger say same about your state governor?

Idiot feeling fly over stupidity.

is it a crime for people to belive what they want, why did you call people idiot, are you not silly to say such, hahahahaha, shey Gej is the govenor of my state, sily bigot diplaying his stupidity

ass lik ers, go and wirship your master Tinubu, your generations will continue to serve him

pendy79:


Are you mad? Or is it a crime against NAIRALAND for me to air my views? Why not go to your village or state and ask your ex-governor to publish all the contracts he gave while in office so you all can scrutinize.

Schizophrenic modafuckers like you assume everyone who sees things differently from your myopic and daft reasoning believes that person must be have been paid.

I have no need for patronage by anybody in government but I'm thankful and grateful to fashola whenever I travel to my village in Ikorodu for wonderful work he did within the town and outside it.

Can you useless and daft Jonathan praisesinger say same about your state governor?

Idiot feeling fly over stupidity.

propaganda, hahahahahahhaha, who reach APC propaganda and lies, even the devil de respect Tinunbu and liar mohammed

dayo23:
We already know it all PDP Propaganda....except for the clowns

Happiness87:
is it a crime for people to belive what they want, why did you call people idiot, are you not silly to say such, hahahahaha, shey Gej is the govenor of my state, sily bigot diplaying his stupidity

ass lik ers, go and wirship your master Tinubu, your generations will continue to serve him

Evidence of the total collapse of the education system you were unfortunate to receive. If not you won't say I called Jonathan your ex state governor.

Your dp shows who really fits into the azzlicker nomenclature cos you're shaped just like "Freddie the frog" and the way you look says all about your person. Shapeless, structureless and Serena Williams lookalike.

Tinubu, Fashola any day are class above anybody in your enclave, they don't need praisesingers, their works speaks volume for them. Go to your village and ask your governors to render account to your people. We lagosians are proud of fashola and Tinubu. If you don't like it spare the world some space madam amoeba

hahahahahahah, keep exposing your stupidity, I dont have your time, yoruba smelly bigots

pendy79:


Evidence of the total collapse of the education system you were unfortunate to receive. If not you won't say I called Jonathan your ex state governor.

Your dp shows who really fits into the azzlicker nomenclature cos you're shaped just like "Freddie the frog" and the way you look says all about your person. Shapeless, structureless and Serena Williams lookalike.

Tinubu, Fashola any day are class above anybody in your enclave, they don't need praisesingers, their works speaks volume for them. Go to your village and ask your governors to render account to your people. We lagosians are proud of fashola and Tinubu. If you don't like it spare the world some space madam amoeba

Happiness87:
hahahahahahah, keep exposing your stupidity, I dont have your time, yoruba smelly bigots

Given you a candid advice, spare the world some space. It is obvious you were created on Saturday. God was so tired you were just patched up. Idiotic shapeless thing.

Piece of fat regurgitated pile of shit. Get off my mention. Southbeasterner.

cry me lagoooon , bigot

dirty smelly yorubassssss

pendy79:


Given you a candid advice, spare the world some space. It is obvious you were created on Saturday. God was so tired you were just patched up. Idiotic shapeless thing.

Piece of fat regurgitated pile of shit. Get off my mention. Southbeasterner.

Happiness87:
who did he write that long speech for, liessssssss
from a chain smoker, who loves dirty games, it will soon backfire na turn by turn

The explanation was surely not meant for perennial wailers like you. The Jagaban does not have time for tanoids. His targeted audience have always been the sensible Nigerians with intact reasoning.

if he knows the senbile one are reasoning as such why did he have to address the, at least they shoud have known, hes not involved, you are very stupid, your family will for ever remain slaves to tinubu's family, get a life and fuk off my sight, idiot.
ass lick ers and bigotic yorubas, dirty hypocrites, go and lier to fellow gullible fools

EdCure:

The explanation was surely not meant for perennial wailers like you. The Jagaban does not have time for tanoids. His targeted audience have always been the sensible Nigerians with intact reasoning.