Tinubu’s trial: ACN cautions PDP over Fashola

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has flayed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for criticising Governor Babatunde Fashola for sitting with 25 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), who defended his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja, on Wednesday.

In a statement yesterday, ACN Publicity Secretary Mr. Joe Igbokwe said PDP is frustrated over its defeat at the local government election.

Igbokwe said: “Fashola is a lawyer and a SAN for that matter; he understands the implications of his actions as he does his duties as the governor of Lagos State. He knows the facts about this case and he understands what is at stake.

“Lagos PDP has degenerated so much that it thinks Chief Bode George’s bruised personality can be compared with Tinubu’s towering image. PDP should find out why 25 SANs lined up to defend Tinubu and tell us how many lined up to defend George.”

“Has Lagos PDP seen the charges against Tinubu? Is it similar to that of George? Where is the proof of their phantom charges against Tinubu? Why is Tinubu being tried in Abuja?

“There are things Fashola knows, which little minds in Lagos PDP do not know. Fashola appeared at CCT as a lawyer and not as the Governor of Lagos State. That is why he sat where the SANs sat.

“PDP will continue to bite the dust in Lagos politics until they learn the art of honesty and integrity in leadership.

“Loyalty is earned over years of hard work, not a day’s job. ACN is the alternative to PDP, if we have to salvage this country from rudderless leadership.”

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“There are things Fashola knows, which little minds in Lagos PDP do not know. Fashola appeared at CCT as a lawyer and not as the Governor of Lagos State. That is why he sat where the SANs sat. “

wesley80:

This is a joke right? [b]Do I need to be a SAN to see that criminality is being endorsed? [/b]Clowns you guys are .

wesley80:

^^^ You just cant hide your hypocrisy can you? You mean u see nothing wrong in a serving state governor brazenly showing open support to a man[b] standing trial for corruption?[/b] Has ethnic affiliation so irredeemably numbed your sense of objectivity such that suddenly our resident Puritan sees nothing wrong with exalting the devil?
Truth is u can only hide your true self for a while, but the walls wld  adually crumble around you till we end up staring at our long hidden closet bigot!

Gbawe:

Abeg , keep your biblical epistle to yourself. Running a foreign account while in office now equates to "standing trial for corruption" in your book? And you have the nerve to direct a sanctimonious rant against others about "numbed sense of objectivity"?

You accuse others of bias yet fail to note your own double standards with how you proclaim the guilt of others when they have not been convicted of any crime. Whether you know it or not, and this applies to the greatest democracies in the world also, it is normal for Party members to show open support for beleaguered comrades. Fashola merely sat with the SANs handling the case. Nothing at all wrong with that.  You should tell us whether he openly deliberated on the case to motivate your emotional tirade above. The PDP are just clutching at straws and you are not different with your kangaroo Court mentality of preempting an ongoing Court case.

djustice:

Gbawe, I didn't realise you were this far compromised. If a sitting governor expressly disobeys a constitutional provision prohibiting him from operating foreign accounts while in office, it stands to reason that he operated those accounts corruptly. Why haven't you also waited until Obasanjo is proven guilty before you accuse him and PDP of corruption?

I also find it laughable and pathetic that you see nothing wrong in Fashola working as a lawyer for his god, while still occupying the seat of the governor of Lagos State, against the Oath of Office that he took, to the effect that he would not take up any other employment while occupying the office of Governor. How on earth did that charlatan get his SAN??

I also find it laughable and pathetic that you see nothing wrong in Fashola working as a lawyer for his god,

I ,  personally , will go out of my way to support a colleague I believe is  being victimised . I don't know why any sensible person should believe that this  notion should not apply to politicians also.

“There are things Fashola knows, which little minds in Lagos PDP do not know. Fashola appeared at CCT as a lawyer and not as the Governor of Lagos State. That is why he sat where the SANs sat.

wesley80:

How did u sound to yourself when u read this self indicting crap u wrote? Now dont let me dig up all the nonsensical things u wrote over the Bode George saga. Hide yoirself small abeg, we already know u're a hypocrite, u dont have to rub it on our faces!

jmaine:

My deductions . . . .He appeared as one of Tinubu lawyers hence sitting with his fellow SAN colleagues . . .No two ways about this . . . and that sentence does not change the fact that he is still the governor of Lagos State which nullifies every attempt to separate his office from his presence at Tinubu trial . . .

Gbawe:

"Self indicting crap"? Please , kia kia, "dig up" my utterances or forever be condemned a lowly hypocrite !!! Show the forum whether I commented before or after George was convicted and imprisoned . Do it !!! I challenge you !!!! You are too emotional and biased. Unlike you, and as a genuinely objective person, I did not speak until the guilt of George was established in a competent court of law.  Dude, you are the 100% "hypocrite".

wesley80:

See dis one sha! Who said anything abt when u made your comments? Pls look for something else o feel  sanctimonious over. A genuinely objective person that  neversees wrong in the ACN, yes indeed!

Now dont let me dig up all the nonsensical things u wrote over the Bode George saga. Hide yoirself small abeg, we already know u're a hypocrite, u dont have to rub it on our faces!

dayokanu:

Fashola sat among the lawyers.

Can anyone tell us what is wrong with that?