Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has totally denied reports making the rounds that he and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN’s) presidential flag bearer, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were on collision course.
He said the reports were from cunningly creative writers who, not only wanted to hatch a conflict between them, but preferred to use speculative means.

Tinubu, while speaking to aviation correspondents Tuesday in Lagos described the story as “Isi ewu” (goat head pepper soup) reporting with no substance in it.
“It cannot be true. Can you compare the two reporting? I read the papers. I read the one in Tribune and the one in The Sun and they are conflicting; go and digest it. Have you seen a party where there is no discussion, no debate, no rational thinking? Then with the two reporting, they want a conflict but they cannot create a conflict or crisis where one does not exist. It is most unfortunate that today journalism or reporting is taking another tone. It is just the kind of ‘Isi ewu’ reporting.

I’m no longer surprised about all of them; there are just speculations and imaginations of somebody being very, very cunningly creative. You yourself in your own little groups, you have discussions and you discuss characters, you discuss values, you discuss what sort of benefit a situation can bring to you; if there is any active debate, or even silent debate, and consultations, what are we getting out of this. How will the public react to one person or the other; how can you maximize the value or harvest the knowledge of an individual? Does that create any crisis? You discuss it and the reporting is a lie”, the former Lagos Governor explained.
On the recent comments of President Goodluck Jonathan where he called South West political leaders rascals, Tinubu described the President as a drunk fisherman whose boat is about to capsize.

“I think the president is wrong because that is an insult to our parents. It is a speech from a drunk sailor fisherman whose boat is about to capsize. That is an insult to our parents, you don’t come to this land, seek our votes and then insult our parents that they raised rascals”, he stated.
When asked whether the ACN had plans to merge with other parties to form a stronger opposition to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the former Lagos Governor said there was no such agenda.

“Who is prescribing that? Everybody is entitled to his or her own thinking. There are so many theories and theoreticians and forecasters and I deal with a political environment where gossip and ordinary speculations work better than deep rooted thinking and the ideological philosophy of a party is not taking into account. You talked about a party that has been in power for twelve years, isn’t it? Who says that ACN cannot do the magic? It is some thinking from several quarters. We believe that if we pull together, it will be better and easier. No one will dispute that, but I will never write off my party and I believe Nigerians are tired of PDP and they will speak through their ballot.”
On when the ACN will present the running of Ribadu, he said: “I am not the candidate. You talk to the candidate.”

I will be contacted and is it not very interesting to you too to keep the general populace in suspense? Is it not part of a good strategy?
However, he did not admit whether the party was rooting for former Finance Minister, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the running mate to Ribadu.
“She is a very qualified individual and she is an asset; she is an asset to the nation, an asset to Africa and international community, and no doubt about that. But you don’t know whether she is even free now. She will be ready to serve her fatherland as a patriotic citizen who is ready to serve her at any capacity and she will be willing; but it doesn’t mean that when you chose a running mate to anybody that he will be more valuable.

We have so much to gain from her, intellectually, in her character and professionally and for our reputation all over the world, so it doesn’t mean that she will serve the country better as a running mate to anybody. If she is to serve again as she once served as a minister, then she should be ready to serve the country. A patriotic citizen must be ready to sacrifice for his or her nation.”
The CAN Chieftain also expressed optimism that his party will beat the PDP in the April polls.
“We are winning. You cannot win it all but we are winning the majority and we are taking over from PDP, Poverty Development Party.”





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lol.

LOL The SW and this rascal story sha.

Yoruba peeps sabi keep grudge o

this is getting tribalistic

Hmmn!

Ikengawo:

this is getting tribalistic

I would have been happier if he had called him a rascal president.

wales:

Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has totally denied reports making the rounds that he and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN’s) presidential flag bearer, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were on collision course.
He said the reports were from cunningly creative writers who, not only wanted to hatch a conflict between them, but preferred to use speculative means.

Tinubu, while speaking to aviation correspondents Tuesday in Lagos described the story as “Isi ewu” (goat head pepper soup) reporting with no substance in it.
“It cannot be true. Can you compare the two reporting? I read the papers. I read the one in Tribune and the one in The Sun and they are conflicting; go and digest it. Have you seen a party where there is no discussion, no debate, no rational thinking? Then with the two reporting, they want a conflict but they cannot create a conflict or crisis where one does not exist. It is most unfortunate that today journalism or reporting is taking another tone. It is just the kind of ‘Isi ewu’ reporting.

I’m no longer surprised about all of them; there are just speculations and imaginations of somebody being very, very cunningly creative. You yourself in your own little groups, you have discussions and you discuss characters, you discuss values, you discuss what sort of benefit a situation can bring to you; if there is any active debate, or even silent debate, and consultations, what are we getting out of this. How will the public react to one person or the other; how can you maximize the value or harvest the knowledge of an individual? Does that create any crisis? You discuss it and the reporting is a lie”, the former Lagos Governor explained.
On the recent comments of President Goodluck Jonathan where he called South West political leaders rascals, [size=13pt]Tinubu described the President as a drunk fisherman whose boat is about to capsize.[/size]

“I think the president is wrong because that is an insult to our parents. It is a speech from a drunk sailor fisherman whose boat is about to capsize. That is an insult to our parents, you don’t come to this land, seek our votes and then insult our parents that they raised rascals”, he stated.
When asked whether the ACN had plans to merge with other parties to form a stronger opposition to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the former Lagos Governor said there was no such agenda.

“Who is prescribing that? Everybody is entitled to his or her own thinking. There are so many theories and theoreticians and forecasters and I deal with a political environment where gossip and ordinary speculations work better than deep rooted thinking and the ideological philosophy of a party is not taking into account. You talked about a party that has been in power for twelve years, isn’t it? Who says that ACN cannot do the magic? It is some thinking from several quarters. We believe that if we pull together, it will be better and easier. No one will dispute that, but I will never write off my party and I believe Nigerians are tired of PDP and they will speak through their ballot.”
On when the ACN will present the running of Ribadu, he said: “I am not the candidate. You talk to the candidate.”

I will be contacted and is it not very interesting to you too to keep the general populace in suspense? Is it not part of a good strategy?
However, he did not admit whether the party was rooting for former Finance Minister, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the running mate to Ribadu.
“She is a very qualified individual and she is an asset; she is an asset to the nation, an asset to Africa and international community, and no doubt about that. But you don’t know whether she is even free now. She will be ready to serve her fatherland as a patriotic citizen who is ready to serve her at any capacity and she will be willing; but it doesn’t mean that when you chose a running mate to anybody that he will be more valuable.

We have so much to gain from her, intellectually, in her character and professionally and for our reputation all over the world, so it doesn’t mean that she will serve the country better as a running mate to anybody. If she is to serve again as she once served as a minister, then she should be ready to serve the country. A patriotic citizen must be ready to sacrifice for his or her nation.”
The CAN Chieftain also expressed optimism that his party will beat the PDP in the April polls.
“We are winning. You cannot win it all but we are winning the majority and we are taking over from PDP, Poverty Development Party.”





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Wow! . Yoruba leaders and their constant racist-like comments.smh. Totally uncalled for.

Yeah u go, Asiwaju Bola, what a good way of replying, we await the defence team of the president here in nairaland to respond positively/negetively to dis

Tinubu described the President as a drunk fisherman whose boat is about to capsize.

Seee tinubu sef dey talk. Well somehow people like tinubu will soon turn the tide of this "rascal" statement against themselves. Very soon Nigerians will ask "wetin e never do?"

Chyz*:

Wow! . Yoruba leaders and their constant racist-like comments.smh. Totally uncalled for.

But the president was not tribalistic when he called them rascals abi ?

This Tinubu na bad man, because GEJ come from riverine arear and that is no other proffession there but to dey catch fish , i laugh like OBJ

~Bluetooth:

But the president was not tribalistic when he called them rascals abi ?

Insulting? Yes. Tribalistic? No. If he called them cowards or snakes, then, although true, it would be considered racist-like.

Chyz*:

Insulting? Yes. Tribalistic? No. If he called them cowards or snakes, then, although true, it would be considered racist-like.

What difference does it make when a niger deltan called some yoruba elders ''rascals'' and the yorubas returned it and called him a ''drunk fisherman''.it's just a compliment and jonathan should take it like that.mschew

Chyz*:

Insulting? Yes. Tribalistic? No. If he called them cowards or snakes, then, although true, it would be considered racist-like.

Coward or snake? Justify this statement. If you cannot, then I'll have no problems calling out you and your kind.

Moreover. . . you know you wouldn't say that to anybody's face.

Chyz*:

Insulting? Yes. Tribalistic? No. If he called them cowards or snakes, then, although true, it would be considered racist-like.

gbam i think jonathan was right when he called tinubu and co a rascal, i mean what is the meaning of a former governor insulting the current president

i think tinubu should be arrested and charged for lack of respect

tinubu is a real rascal and abgero

Atleast the president knows not to cross his line again. The SW seriously aint bending. . . . the SE would have saluted him; "Yes sir", like they do their Hausa masters

Remove GEJ from the Presidency, he has no Might to stand Tinubu.

But tinubu dey smoke sha. why did he use 'isi ewu' and not 'ewedu'?

LoveKing:

Remove GEJ from the Presidency, he has no Might to stand Tinubu.

But tinubu dey smoke sha. why did he use 'isi ewu' and not 'ewedu'?

The Akikiwe in Jonathan's name must stand for something. Tinubu was properly cursing his ancestral.

But Ekiti adviser disappointed me o, that oloshi Jamaiu trying to make excuses for his loose mouth; rascals = radicals? He must have confused Jonathan with Patience.

~Bluetooth:

What difference does it make when a niger deltan  called some yoruba elders ''rascals'' and the yorubas returned it and called him a ''drunk fisherman''.it's just a compliment and jonathan should take it like that.mschew

The difference is that it is the fishermen that have been putting 'fish' on the table of the "Rascals" while  they barely have enough for themselves. While Gej's comment could be read as an insult to the present crop of ACN leaders alone, Tinubu's sagging mouth just insulted the entire people of the Niger Delta and not only Gej!. I think these peeps have been getting too much fish especially with this coming from one of the biggest benefactors of the 'fish fest'. Make no mistake about it, this is going to reverberate big time.

^^^ Nairalanders didnt turn it to a tribal issue, Tinubu Did.

Chyz*:

Insulting? Yes. Tribalistic? No. If he called them cowards or snakes, then, although true, it would be considered racist-like.

So "cowards and snakes" are words synonymous with Yoruba people in the mind of some folks? Well, simpletons and loser come to my mind when I think of of those folks.

wesley80:

^^^ Nairalanders didnt turn it to a tribal issue, Tinubu Did.

I don't see how you can prove this unless you can argue effectively that Tinubu used the word fisherman as an ethnic slur on Jonathan's region of origin. as far as I know ridiculing fishermen and what they trade in (fish) is common worldwide . I can call a foul-mouthed woman a "fish wife" .

A fishwife or fish gay is a woman who sells fish. The "wife" part comes from the older meaning of "wife" as simply "woman". Fish women were notoriously loud and foul-mouthed as in the expression, To swear like a fishwife

If I offhandedly call a woman from the riverine area of Nigeria a fishwife because of a foul-mouthed tirade , am I then guilty of ethnic intolerance? Must the word Fisherman never be used in the same sentence as GEJ because Mr. President is from a riverine region?

Not interested in holding brief for Tinubu but let us not dump logic entirely in our arguement. For clarity , Jonathan was not ,  in any way,  being tribalistic when he mentioned rascals. He was wrong on account of how he insinuated that his Party's political opponent in the SW region are rascals. This is an especially insincere utterance when one considers that the two current PDP Governors in the SW region (OGD and Alao-Akala) are regularly voted as the worst Governors in Nigeria. The other two (Oni and Oyinlola) , before they were kicked out , were not saints either. That is really what has angered a lot of Yoruba people i.e Jonathan calling relative achievers rascals when he is host , in the SW region, to heinous criminals, misrulers and looters. We all should refrain from turning this into another issue of ethnic divisiveness.

why rs.

wesley80:

The difference is that it is the fishermen that have been putting 'fish' on the table of the "Rascals" while  they barely have enough for themselves. While Gej's comment could be read as an insult to the present crop of ACN leaders alone, Tinubu's sagging mouth just insulted the entire people of the Niger Delta and not only Gej!. I think these peeps have been getting too much fish especially with this coming from one of the biggest benefactors of the 'fish fest'. Make no mistake about it, this is going to reverberate big time.

jonathan can called yoruba politicians ''Rascals'' and you are telling me it's just Acn leaders.what difference does it make if yoruba considered tinubu,Akande,fashola,osoba,Lam Adeshina,Adefarati among others as their leaders ? Must only yoruba politicians in pdp be considered as yoruba leaders ? Jonathan started it and he deserves whatever insult he's getting from the yorubas

Gbawe:

I don't see how you can prove this unless you can argue effectively that Tinubu used the word fisherman as an ethnic slur on Jonathan's region of origin. as far as I know ridiculing fishermen and what they trade in (fish) is common worldwide . I can call a foul-mouthed woman a "fish wife" .
If I offhandedly call a woman from the riverine area of Nigeria a fishwife because of a foul-mouthed tirade , am I then guilty of ethnic intolerance? Must the word Fisherman never be used in the same sentence as GEJ because Mr. President is from a riverine region?

Just One question for you b4 we move on; What qualifies Gej to be called a fisherman?

~Bluetooth:

jonathan can called yoruba politicians ''Rascals'' and you are telling me it's just Acn leaders.what difference does it make if yoruba considered tinubu,Akande,fashola,osoba,Lam Adeshina,Adefarati among others as their leaders ? Must only yoruba politicians in pdp be considered as yoruba leaders ? Jonathan started it and he deserves whatever insult he's getting from the yorubas

If u say Gej was referring to "Yoruba Leaders" when he made his comment abt Rascals, who was he seeking to replace them with? Igbo leaders? Bros use your head na!

wesley80:

Just One question for you b4 we move on; What qualifies Gej to be called a fisherman?

If u say Gej was referring to "Yoruba Leaders", who was he seeking to replace them with? Igbo leaders? Bros use your head na!

What qualifies ACN leaders to be called rascals?

Gbawe:

I don't see how you can prove this unless you can argue effectively that Tinubu used the word fisherman as an ethnic slur on Jonathan's region of origin. as far as I know ridiculing fishermen and what they trade in (fish) is common worldwide . I can call a foul-mouthed woman a "fish wife" .
If I offhandedly call a woman from the riverine area of Nigeria a fishwife because of a foul-mouthed tirade , am I then guilty of ethnic intolera[b][/b]nce? Must the word Fisherman never be used in the same sentence as GEJ because Mr. President is from a riverine region?

For ur own eye , e be like say na only you go school. see interpretation.

Man ,you are  trying too hard to defend tinubu and it wont work.

Tinubu has redirected the flow to the tribal arena, and his fisherman talk is no where near your interpretation.

jason123:

What qualifies ACN leaders to be called rascals?

that isnt the issue dummy. Gej was quoted out of context and he's made himself pretty clear to those that have ears.

wesley80:



If u say Gej was referring to "Yoruba Leaders" when he made his comment abt Rascals, who was he seeking to replace them with? Igbo leaders? Bros use your head na!

Kai, bros you are just too smart. let them answer.

jason123:

What qualifies ACN leaders to be called rascals?

Ask him o if na offence to be a productive opposition !

Let us see where these stu-pid Yoruba people will get their oil from again. Useless tribalistic leeches. See Tinubu drug pusher dey open that him wide lips dey talk. Should he not be in prison in America? Who let the dogs (Tinubu and ACN leaders) out? Who? Who?? Who Who?