*Re: Tinubu-Fayemi meeting: The spin doctors got it wrong*

Recently, two notable leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Southwest, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Dr. John Kayode Fayemi had a closed-door meeting where undisclosed issues were discussed.

The meeting, which took place on Wednesday 12th January, however had no third party present and had nothing to do with the presidential ambition or otherwise of either of the two political leaders.
It was a family meeting of minds. It is therefore disingenuous of the spin doctors who were no where near the venue of the meeting to begin to second guess discussions at the meeting.

In a democratic setting like ours with so many issues begging for attention, discussion will go on daily among political leaders at various levels. Political leadership plays an indispensable role in foisting great responsibilities on people, thus both formal and informal discourses cannot be wished away.

Creating a fictional social media frenzy out of such meeting where issues of national discourse are discussed would thus amount to an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Asiwaju Tinubu is a former two-term Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the APC, while Dr. Fayemi, also a chieftain of the party, is the governor of Ekiti State and current Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum.

Meeting between the two leaders, dates as far back as their days in exile, when they were both involved in the struggle to wrest the country away from military jackboots, and has since been a regular occurrence both within and outside the country's political space. So there should not be any big deal in seeing them meet, except someone has opted to create a mischief out of it.

While the details of their recent meeting remain undisclosed, seeing the two of them who are being rumoured as potential presidential aspirants from the southwest together may naturally give way to speculations that the 2023 presidential election could form part of their discussions. This may have been further fuelled by the fact that Asiwaju Tinubu said he had informed President Muhammadu Buhari that he would be coveting the presidential seat in 2023. Dr Fayemi on the other hand; has yet to give any visible sign in that direction.

However, both Asiwaju Tinubu’s declared ambition and Fayemi’s undeclared ambition have now been taken up and given verve by some spin doctors, particularly those who believe such could rev up their relevance in the eyes of either of the political leaders.

What makes the matter worse is that such spin doctors, surreptitiously scrambling for relevance have been weaving, not half truths, but blatant lies into the Tinubu-Fayemi meeting, saying it signposted Dr Fayemi surrendering his undeclared ambition to Asiwaju Tinubu’s declared one.

Specifically, they have been dishing out barefaced and unsubstantiated lies that Dr Fayemi at the closed door meeting “debunked the raging rumour of his 2023 presidential ambition and pledged support for the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

This, no doubt, is a reckless and untruthful spin. First, since the perpetrators were not present at the meeting and none of the leaders could have divulged what transpired, one wonders from where they got their narrative.

Secondly, the spin doctors, were so consumed by their fictional hogwash that they could not consider it an impossibility for Fayemi to drop a rumoured, yet undeclared ambition, even when Asiwaju Tinubu said he was still consulting as to whether to run or not.

The story by the spin doctors thus stands logic in the head and stands not only disclaimed but condemned. It must have been sourced from the rumour mill, or as a beer parlour gist. At its best, it is a mere conjecture.

If and when Dr Fayemi chooses to declare his interest in running for the 2023 presidential ticket, he would not be embarking on an ego trip that would warrant going into into unhealthy contest with Asiwaju Tinubu or anyone else. Fayemi sees Tinubu as his leader in politics and reserves respect for him as a national leader of his party. Neither will he run the race with the intention of using it to negotiate with anyone. Rather he will run because he is convinced it is desirable for him to do so.

Perhaps the spin doctors are unmindful of the fact that Fayemi currently remains focused on finishing strong and well the assignment in his hand as two-term governor of Ekiti State. They also fail to realise that there is still a sitting President equally focused on finishing well his second term in office. Neither Fayemi nor Buhari would like to be distracted by such inanity at this juncture.

Should Dr Fayemi eventually choose to run in the 2023 Presidential race at all, he would not hide his intention to do so, neither will he involve himself in any clandestine meeting to discuss his chances, since he would have been x-rayed and classified among the preferred aspirants based on his credentials, even before he makes such declaration.

The masterminds of such fable are therefore advised to desist from doing so any further as it will not give them any political or social mileage. Rather it will wreak serious havoc on their personality, without reducing the worth of either Asiwaju Tinubu or Governor Fayemi who are respectable and respected leaders in their own rights.

Signed

Yinka Oyebode
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

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When two Omoluabis meet expect positivity



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Who cares what two thieves discussed.

All because of this forthcoming election

What is my business?

What are there really meeting for? Are the negotiating how to compensate Tinubu with the presidency or how to give Nigerians the best they deserve. Tinubu presidency, will give birth to the rise of another cabal and we all know what it means to the system. Nigerians shine your eyes and never forget 20-10-2020. #lekkitollgate

Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section Make una open una eyes, e-ranting won't change anything!!

I don't trust Fayemi and I know that Tinubu shouldn't be dumb enough to trust him.

Fayemi is like Norwich City forcing poor Manchester United to a draw when they desperately need more than a point in taking the league.

APC Members go kill themselves finished before 2023 if care is not taken

Tinubu’s publicity is a potential huge PR win for PDP because PDP primaries will be the most watched and competitive election in Nigeria’s history

One day people's eyes will really really open to how evil these men are.

Resources meant for your people, only you go hijack am for you and yourself yet people go dey hail you.

Instead of the Ibos to start promoting their candidates they are busy discrediting Tinubu up and down on every medium while Tinubu camp is strategizing, aligning and making political moves.
After the 2023 election they will continue 8years wailing cycle again. They are perpetual failures

brainpulse:
Instead of the Ibos to start promoting their candidates they are busy discrediting Tinubu up and down on every medium while Tinubu camp is strategizing, aligning and making political moves.
After the 2023 election they will continue 8years wailing cycle again. They are perpetual failures

Omo.. see long note and nothing concrete in it

Spin doctor in a public office

It's getting hotter and hotter every passing moment

Make we hear.
Two politicians, in a room alone having meeting. They are definitely not discussing in how to make life better for the masses.
Na politics and it's 2023 presidency. As a matter of fact, the with the way Tinubu is desperate about it, we know he was persuading Fayemi to support him.

Fayemi is trying to trick Tinubu to support his candidate in Forthcoming Ekiti Governorship election as the yardstick for him supporting Tinubu presidential ambition.

It will be foolish for Tinubu to fall for this trick as Fayemi has been a betrayal so many times( Ondo ,Edo,Oshiomole removal etc)

The wise move Tinubu should make is to support Dayo Adeyeye or Opeyemi Bamidele though Bamidele has loose support of Ekiti people who see him as someone who only remember the people during election period.

Dayo Adeyeye on the other hand has been a respected politician in Ekiti whom Fayemi used to win his reelection but later gang against him because of his undieing Governorship ambition and remove him from the Senate through Apeal court.( kudos to Wike and Odili on this one)
If Adeyeye win APC primary, then, APC will retain Ekiti cos he will defeat Oni or Olujinmi of PDP as he has done in previous election.Also his Zone is yet to produce a Governor. The only baggage he has is that he came from PDP but he has been loyal ever since to APC despite Fayemi betrayal.

One the other hand ,if Fayemi is able to foister his candidate to win APC in Ekiti,then the table will turn to PDP though Fayose is busy destroying the party for personal gain and negotiation in Ekiti.
The new PDP chairman should asap recognize the Olujinmi faction as the authentic in Ekiti if they want to win anything in Ekiti.Fayose is a paid machinery with no electoral value .

Personally, Dayo Adeyeye will be a unifying win for Ekiti people at this time and a hope for a better Ekiti. Another choice candidate will be the illustrious ,respected and loved woman from PDP , Senator Abiodun Olujinmi.

brainpulse:
Instead of the Ibos to start promoting their candidates they are busy discrediting Tinubu up and down on every medium while Tinubu camp is strategizing, aligning and making political moves.
After the 2023 election they will continue 8years wailing cycle again. They are perpetual failures

8 years, excuse you, it's 16years before Igbos can have the opportunity again.

I bet you, that 16years will come and go without Igbos learning how Nigerian politics is.

They need to accept others so that they will be accepted. They insult Buhari, Northerners, Westerners and now Tinubu, who will ever be for them?

wilcox:
What are there really meeting for? Are the negotiating how to compensate Tinubu with the presidency or how to give Nigerians the best they deserve. Tinubu presidency, will give birth to the rise of another cabal and we all know what it means to the system. Nigerians shine your eyes and never forget 20-10-2020. #lekkitollgate

Who do you think is the best?

wilcox:
What are there really meeting for? Are the negotiating how to compensate Tinubu with the presidency or how to give Nigerians the best they deserve. Tinubu presidency, will give birth to the rise of another cabal and we all know what it means to the system. Nigerians shine your eyes and never forget 20-10-2020. #lekkitollgate

Who would become cabal to a whole Jagaban, what relates Tinubu a private citizen to Lekkiyollgate

Please when you want to run your hate filled bring Tinubu down propaganda Atleast use you common sense, cos you are not talking to novice here


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Everyone is just denying tinubu

brainpulse:
Instead of the Ibos to start promoting their candidates they are busy discrediting Tinubu up and down on every medium while Tinubu camp is strategizing, aligning and making political moves.
After the 2023 election they will continue 8years wailing cycle again. They are perpetual failures

Fayemi chief press secretary is Igbo, clap for yourself. Since your bad market is not selling na to focus on igbo

adanny01:


8 years, excuse you, it's 16years before Igbos can have the opportunity again.

I bet you, that 16years will come and go without Igbos learning how Nigerian politics is.

They need to accept others so that they will be accepted. They insult Buhari, Northerners, Westerners and now Tinubu, who will ever be for them?

This thread has nothing to do with Igbo, Fayemi just knocked Tinubu hard, continue with your cheap publicity

brainpulse:
Instead of the Ibos to start promoting their candidates they are busy discrediting Tinubu up and down on every medium while Tinubu camp is strategizing, aligning and making political moves.
After the 2023 election they will continue 8years wailing cycle again. They are perpetual failures

it's even your people who still have Common sense that are all over the media trying to save you slowpoke from stupidity , but you're born just to abuse Igbo people and to die miserably .

Business men and serious mind don't think of politics, igbos are only interested in their money and Business. They see politics is for hungry brain dead, outdated politicians from west and north of zoogeria called nigeria

quote author=brainpulse post=109408285]Instead of the Ibos to start promoting their candidates they are busy discrediting Tinubu up and down on every medium while Tinubu camp is strategizing, aligning and making political moves.
After the 2023 election they will continue 8years wailing cycle again. They are perpetual failures [/quote]

Thiefnubuuu look very old, feeble and not the best APC can package for us