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Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Happiness87(f): 3:52pm On Aug 16, 2015
The crisis between two ex-governors of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Mr Babatunde Fashola deepened on Friday with reports that loyalists of both gladiators have drawn up battle plans, even as stakeholders in both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Lagos State are said to have waded in, calling for a truce.

A former member of the Lagos State Executive Council who did not want to be named, told Saturday Tribune on Friday that “some elders are planning a peace meeting between the duo.”
Investigations revealed that forces loyal to Tinubu felt incensed by the statement issued by Fashola on Thursday in which he insinuated that corruption allegations were being pinned on him by those opposed to his getting a federal appointment, a veiled reference to Tinubu and the incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode.

“The coming days will be interesting,” an aide to a chieftain of the APC close to both leaders told Saturday Tribune on Friday.

While the Tinubu camp is said to have vowed to fight on, “ to teach the former governor a lesson,” the Fashola side of the divide, according to a source, “is determined to ensure that his integrity is not tainted by those who are jealous of his ascendancy in the polity.”

Both sides, however, on Friday refrained from taking direct shots at each other. Tinubu’s spokesman, Mr Sunday Dare told Saturday Tribune when contacted by phone on Friday afternoon that he had just arrived in the country and would need time to get briefings from his boss before reacting to the statement from Fashola while Ambode’s Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna did not answer repeated calls made to his telephone line.
Dare later sent a text message at 6:30pm that he would call back soon. He did not.

However, an aide of Ambode who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Saturday Tribune that it was too simplistic for anybody to think that the government, headed by Ambode, was behind the ongoing corruption charge campaign against former Governor Fashola in order to rubbish his record of achievements while in office for eight years.

“Ambode is not interested in the smear campaign against Fashola, it is a non- issue. It is too simplistic to suggest that, it is left for people to find out who is doing this. I can tell you that government is not involved. It is not possible for government to have a hand in that.

“The governor is a pragmatic person and ready to move on by restructuring the state,” the close source said.

Fashola is currently in the eye of the storm as a group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), has dragged him before the anti- graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling for his investigation on an alleged scam over a contract for the upgrade of his personal website at a cost of N78million.

The former governor, has, however, set the record straight, declaring that the state government, through the procurement office, did not disclose the details of the website upgrade to include some other aspects making up the entire contracts sum.
Fashola, who denied having children outside wedlock apart from the three he adopted following the DANA plane crash, also denied involvement in the National Assembly crisis, saying that he only landed in the country on the day of the crisis.
This is as Saturday Tribune learnt that Fashola, who served for eight years as governor, might have incurred the wrath of a lot of people within the APC and outside it, some of who felt he was “too arrogant” and now wanted to take their own pound of flesh.

Other sources said Tinubu is determined to block the chances of Fashola from becoming a minister in the yet- to- be formed cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari due to his alleged “new found independence.”


This, according to a source, might have prompted Fashola to declare in his published statement that he was not looking for a job, stressing that “For those who still wish to remain in the mud, they should look in the mirror. For those who wish to throw mud at me, they should look at their own hands. As for me, I have moved on. My job is done,” even as he threw a broadside at his opponents that, “When you wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get dirty.”

Another source even disclosed that “Tinubu’s supporters could even be the ones fighting back because of the perceived ill- treatment Tinubu suffered at the hands of Fashola while he was governor of the state.”



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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by JustJosh20(m): 3:54pm On Aug 16, 2015
... ;Dinteresting

GEJ will be like ; GOD SEND CONFUSION TO MY ENEMIES CAMP...



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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Nobody: 3:54pm On Aug 16, 2015
This is just d beginningundecided

This shiit is killing me! grin grin

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by owobokiri(m): 3:55pm On Aug 16, 2015
"There should be honour even amongst theives" Arthur Nzeribe (1890)

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Happiness87(f): 3:58pm On Aug 16, 2015

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Happiness87(f): 4:07pm On Aug 16, 2015
i was reading this on guardian newspaper, wanted to refresh the link, behold Guardian newspaper have removed the link


Crisis is brewing in the Lagos state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the national leader of the party and former governor of thestate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently at loggerheads with Governor Babatunde Fashola over disagreements on who should be the latter’s successor. Guardian reports.

Fashola is reportedly eager to flex his political muscles as he wants to have a say in who emerges as his successor.

it will be recalled that the Lagos state chapter of the APC, yesterday,cleared 12 candidatesfor its governorship primaries scheduled for tomorrow.

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Happiness87(f): 6:33pm On Aug 16, 2015
Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has
responded to the defence made by former
Governor of Lagos state, Governor Babatunde
Fashola, regarding the N78 million website fiasco.

Fashola had written a letter titled ‘When you
wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get
dirty, where he took swipes at CACOL.

On Saturday, August 25, CACOL responded with a
swipe of its own, describing the administration of
Fashola as anti-people.

Debo Adeniran, the President of CACOL released a
counter titled; ‘We Don’t Mind Wrestling With
The Pig As Long As It Produces The Pork.’

He said, “The Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary defines a “pig” as an unpleasant or
offensive person; a person who is dirty or greedy.

Based on this premise, leaders who deliberately
run elitist, oppressive and draconian government
can only be described by no other name, but pigs.

“A government that causes so much hardship to
the largest stratum of the socio-economic ladder,
whereas it engages in obscene affluence all in the
name of white elephant projects that have no
direct bearing on the suffering Lagosians, is
nothing but a pig.

“It will be foolhardy for a man who requires pork
to say he wouldn’t wrestle with a pig. How does he
intend to get it? After all it has been said, ‘No
willing pig provides pork; whoever desires pork
wrestles the pig down for it!’

“Basically, what concerns us more is the issue of
suspected corruption embedded in the award and
execution of contracts in the regime of Babatunde
Fashola, as illuminated by the award of this
N78.3m website contract.

“Every IT person CACOL has contacted put an
over-bloated estimate of the cost of the website
at about N6m. We are not surprised that a
contract that could have cost N6m could be
ballooned to N78.3m, because that is a trademark
of Mr. Fashola’s administration.

“The website contract is an eye opener and
lending credence to the allegations of the ‘True
Face of Lagos’ where most of the contracts
awarded before 2010 were said to have been
immorally inflated by the regime of Babatunde
Raji Fashola.”

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by natas22: 6:39pm On Aug 16, 2015
Nonsense

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Happiness87(f): 6:39pm On Aug 16, 2015
NgeneUkwenu, see gist hahaha


you won't call mods to push this front page abi

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by fyneguy: 6:48pm On Aug 16, 2015
Lies!

The same CACOL wrote things against Tinubu!
Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by hazyfm1: 8:55am On Aug 17, 2015
shocked shocked shocked shocked
Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by kulobyno: 8:55am On Aug 17, 2015
Y nah
Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by ogunwalea(m): 8:56am On Aug 17, 2015
Let's see where the wars leads....... The end product of this is "Tinubu State" / "Fashola State"

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by dave2meek(m): 8:56am On Aug 17, 2015
I want to be ftc undecided
Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by otijah(m): 8:56am On Aug 17, 2015
(Tinubu, Fashola, nd Ambode) three thieves that scammed lagos state nd Nigeria as a whole

Dnt worry keep fighting, next thing now Tinubu will form anoda fresh party cause he has already been scammed by Buhari

Infact Apc are all scammers

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by kenedy175(m): 8:56am On Aug 17, 2015
This is just the beginning!

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by ichidodo: 8:56am On Aug 17, 2015
Thieffnubu, Thieffnubu, Thieffnubu, how many times did We call you? So because you want to be the only figurehead from southwest then you have decided to cut fashola down to size... A messy job if you ask us especially when you have the Funsho Williams Treatment as a joker card.

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Nobody: 8:57am On Aug 17, 2015
Tinubu is losing on all sides.

Even his boy Fashola has turned against him.

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by maxiuc(m): 8:57am On Aug 17, 2015
Picture of them exchanging blows or I don't belief it

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by SouthernBreeze(m): 8:57am On Aug 17, 2015
Who cares

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by emmabest2000(m): 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
lagmostkuit:
Op, why did u serve me white yam without sauce? undecided
Three shortest answers to escape from traps in the court are ... Yes , No or I Don't remember ... tongue

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by jingh(f): 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
Until I hear one of them talk about it, I forbid myself in believing this.


This is politics, there is always a reason for disagreement, rift, fight and serendum ablagahda.

Next topic pls

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Bodmas06: 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
This is serious

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by jingh(f): 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
kennygee:
Tinubu is losing on all sides.

Even his boy Fashola has turned against him.
pls put the SHUT to the UP.

what proof do you have DAT he is loosing ?
what is he loosing ?
How real is this article ?
Have you taken your medication did morning ?

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by kennyman2000(m): 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
Take heart Jagaban..

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by nerodenero: 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
Fashola and Tinubu, Tom & Jerry always grin.

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Re: Crisis Between Fashola & Tinubu Deepens As Both Loyalists Declare War - TRIBUNE by Nobody: 8:58am On Aug 17, 2015
Allegation every where.
Please what is the maximum amount for building the best website that can do everything possible.
Please I want to know.

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