Why they are moving against Osinbajo

By ETIM ETIM

Since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo launched his presidential campaign over a week ago, a huge avalanche of malicious, false and cruel campaigns have been unveiled by various interest groups against him. From my findings, these evil and fabricated messages are mostly sponsored by other APC Presidential aspirants who feel threatened by the entrance of the VP into the race. Supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been particularly mean-spirited, vengeful and malevolent in their attacks against the VP. I am also reliably informed that devotees of Chibuike Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, who is also in the race, have joined in pouring invectives on the VP. Another notoriously angry crusader against the VP is Farooq Kperogi, a bigoted fellow acting as a lone wolf to wage hateful attacks against an innocent man for no obvious reason. Kperogi's allegation that the VP favours only his church members in making appointments is baseless, unfounded and unjustifiable. Of over 80 staffers in the VP's Office, only four are in his church, and many others are people of different faith. I think that Kperogi just wants to attract attention to himself and draw out members of the Christian community for a fight by relentlessly attacking Prof Osinbajo and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). We won't do him that favour.

So, in the last one week or so, these discontented crusaders have been spewing out corrosive articles and fabricated allegations against the Vice President all in attempt to bring him to disrepute and cow him out of the race. They're frustrated by the wide acceptability of the VP by ordinary folks across party lines in all the nooks and crannies of the country. Apparently nobody gave Prof Osinbajo a blinking chance in this race. They are incensed that the VP's message has resonated well with ordinary Nigerians, and his ''Likeability Factor'' is the strongest among the aspirants. They are startled that Osinbajo, whom they had earlier thought would not have the courage to run, is now the front runner and the leading aspirant. Meek, soft spoken and gentle in manners, the VP does not cut a picture of a typical Nigerian politician who talks bombastically, throws his weight around and splashes stolen money at everybody and every occasion. While Tinubu and Amaechi are infamous for scotched earth politics in their respective domains (their inability to accommodate those with opposing interests are well known), Osainbajo had spent the last seven years working hard and supporting the President to deliver on his agenda to Nigerians. A few days ago, Amaechi went to consult the Ooni of Ife and boastfully declared that he is the best of all the aspirants in both the APC and PDP. What a cheek! This is a man whose tenure as Rivers State governor was a monumental failure. But I will leave Amaechi for now because I know that Gov. Wike is on his case.

Bola Tinubu's response has been very pathetic since Prof. Osinbajo announced his interest in the race. The old man has been huffing and puffing around, sulking and bemoaning, with his supporters throwing tantrums and insults with reckless abandon. Over the weekend, Tinubu went overboard by launching scathing personal attacks against President Buhari. At a rally in Onikan, Lagos, the septuagenarian (actually his real age, parentage and educational background are all hazy) accused the President of being full of excuses and too weak to fight terrorism. He attacked virtually every policy of the government, including the barring of some telephone lines not linked to National Identity data, an action taken strictly for security reasons.

In all my years in Nigerian politics, no aspirant has been so brutal against a President elected on the same party as his. I understand that Tinubu is planning to come out in a full ballistic manner against President Buhari. PDP is happy with him. Asiwaju is enraged that the President is not handing him the Presidency on a platter of gold. In fact, I understand that the President does not even have confidence in Asiwaju's state of mind and physical abilities. I don't either.

Discouraged and disgruntled, Tinubu's supporters are busy manufacturing asinine commentaries, the most senseless being that the VP has betrayed Tinubu by deciding to run. You can only betray someone if you had entered into an agreement with the person. There is no such pact between the VP and the former Lagos governor. The fact that Prof. Osinbajo had served as Attorney Generl in Lagos when Tinubu was governor cannot debar the VP from running against Tinubu. Those touting the betrayal theory have therefore reduced the Nigerian presidency to a kind a Tinubu heirloom - an object that has belonged to his family for several generations, to which nobody else dares contest for. It is a poor sense of judgement if Tinubu's sole strategy in the contest for the presidency is based on blackmailing Osinbajo. Nobody wins a major presidential ticket by elevating his sense of entitlement as a key achievement.

Since 1999, Tinubu has been the Lord Manor of Lagos State, where he decides who is the governor, councillors, House of Assembly members, the market leader, refuse collectors, revenue collectors and just about anybody else. He has Lagos in his pocket, and now he wants the whole country. Nigeria has become a prize well sought for by Tinubu as the crowning glory of his past political victories. That is why he does not want anybody, the VP least of all, to challenge his ''lifelong ambition''.

In 2019, the Lord Manor disallowed then Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode opportunity to go for a second term. Tinubu adamantly refused all entreaties from President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo and other eminent persons to give Ambode a fair chance. Tinubu brooks no opposition. If you offend him, you're gone. I understand that the Ambode experience was an eye opener to the Presidency on the type of person Asiwaju really is. ''If he could turn down an appeal from the President to save Ambode, what else could he do or not do if he ascends the top job? Who could stand in his way? The true character of Tinubu is well known to many people in the party, and he would never be the President'', an APC governor told me in a private conversation last week.

In conclusion, let me repeat that in modern democracies across the globe, the Vice Presidents are usually the first in line to, or the favoured ones to succeed their bosses. Yemi Osinbajo has the right to run and present his case to Nigerians. Only the voters will determine his fate.

Tinubu is angry because he knows that with Osibanjo in the picture, he stands no chance

Tinubu is a very corrupt man, he will never be president

And they will all fail osinbajo is Godsend he is more like a sun when he is out, no one in not only Nigeria but the world can stop him

appishani1:
And they will all fail
osinbajo is Godsend
he is more like a sun
when he is out, no one in not only Nigeria but the world can stop him

A failure who has plunged the nation's economy into GLOOM, DOOM AND TRIBULATIONS may be your GODSEND DEFINITELY NOT MINE !!

Etim Etim always speak the truth whenever he writes his artcicle.. He is never bias. God bless you sir.

softwareman:

A failure who has plunged the nation's economy into GLOOM, DOOM AND TRIBULATIONS may be your GODSEND DEFINITELY NOT MINE !!

How has he plunged the Nation's economy into doom?

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softwareman:

A failure who has plunged the nation's economy into GLOOM, DOOM AND TRIBULATIONS may be your GODSEND DEFINITELY NOT MINE !!

Almijirin nonsense, how have you tried to help yourself?

Lazy pdp affiliated Failure.

They will cry tire, Osinbajo is their father!

favorite1234:

''If he could turn down an appeal from the President to save Ambode, what else could he do or not do if he ascends the top job? Who could stand in his way? The true character of Tinubu is well known to many people in the party, and he would never be the President'', an APC governor told me in a private conversation last week.

Omo. Tinubu's touts and urchins will not sleep today

Shooyie:


How has he plunged the Nation's economy into doom?

It was assigned to him to manage by Buhari.
The question I have for you is then simple: is the economy currently in BOOM or is the economy currently in DOOM?
Your ANSWER will ANSWER your QUESTION!!

appishani1:
And they will all fail
osinbajo is Godsend
he is more like a sun
when he is out, no one in not only Nigeria but the world can stop him

You people and your religious mumbo jumbo. Which god sent Osinbajo? Nonsense.

sapele914:
Almijirin nonsense, how have you tried to help yourself?

Lazy pdp affiliated Failure.

Your response reflects your IDIOCY. You do not know me , you call me almajirin simply because you DISAGREE with my point of view!

favorite1234:
Why they are moving against Osinbajo

By ETIM ETIM

Since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo launched his presidential campaign over a week ago, a huge avalanche of malicious, false and cruel campaigns have been unveiled by various interest groups against him. From my findings, these evil and fabricated messages are mostly sponsored by other APC Presidential aspirants who feel threatened by the entrance of the VP into the race. Supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been particularly mean-spirited, vengeful and malevolent in their attacks against the VP. I am also reliably informed that devotees of Chibuike Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, who is also in the race, have joined in pouring invectives on the VP. Another notoriously angry crusader against the VP is Farooq Kperogi, a bigoted fellow acting as a lone wolf to wage hateful attacks against an innocent man for no obvious reason. Kperogi's allegation that the VP favours only his church members in making appointments is baseless, unfounded and unjustifiable. Of over 80 staffers in the VP's Office, only four are in his church, and many others are people of different faith. I think that Kperogi just wants to attract attention to himself and draw out members of the Christian community for a fight by relentlessly attacking Prof Osinbajo and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). We won't do him that favour.

So, in the last one week or so, these discontented crusaders have been spewing out corrosive articles and fabricated allegations against the Vice President all in attempt to bring him to disrepute and cow him out of the race. They're frustrated by the wide acceptability of the VP by ordinary folks across party lines in all the nooks and crannies of the country. Apparently nobody gave Prof Osinbajo a blinking chance in this race. They are incensed that the VP's message has resonated well with ordinary Nigerians, and his ''Likeability Factor'' is the strongest among the aspirants. They are startled that Osinbajo, whom they had earlier thought would not have the courage to run, is now the front runner and the leading aspirant. Meek, soft spoken and gentle in manners, the VP does not cut a picture of a typical Nigerian politician who talks bombastically, throws his weight around and splashes stolen money at everybody and every occasion. While Tinubu and Amaechi are infamous for scotched earth politics in their respective domains (their inability to accommodate those with opposing interests are well known), Osainbajo had spent the last seven years working hard and supporting the President to deliver on his agenda to Nigerians. A few days ago, Amaechi went to consult the Ooni of Ife and boastfully declared that he is the best of all the aspirants in both the APC and PDP. What a cheek! This is a man whose tenure as Rivers State governor was a monumental failure. But I will leave Amaechi for now because I know that Gov. Wike is on his case.

Bola Tinubu's response has been very pathetic since Prof. Osinbajo announced his interest in the race. The old man has been huffing and puffing around, sulking and bemoaning, with his supporters throwing tantrums and insults with reckless abandon. Over the weekend, Tinubu went overboard by launching scathing personal attacks against President Buhari. At a rally in Onikan, Lagos, the septuagenarian (actually his real age, parentage and educational background are all hazy) accused the President of being full of excuses and too weak to fight terrorism. He attacked virtually every policy of the government, including the barring of some telephone lines not linked to National Identity data, an action taken strictly for security reasons.

In all my years in Nigerian politics, no aspirant has been so brutal against a President elected on the same party as his. I understand that Tinubu is planning to come out in a full ballistic manner against President Buhari. PDP is happy with him. Asiwaju is enraged that the President is not handing him the Presidency on a platter of gold. In fact, I understand that the President does not even have confidence in Asiwaju's state of mind and physical abilities. I don't either.

Discouraged and disgruntled, Tinubu's supporters are busy manufacturing asinine commentaries, the most senseless being that the VP has betrayed Tinubu by deciding to run. You can only betray someone if you had entered into an agreement with the person. There is no such pact between the VP and the former Lagos governor. The fact that Prof. Osinbajo had served as Attorney Generl in Lagos when Tinubu was governor cannot debar the VP from running against Tinubu. Those touting the betrayal theory have therefore reduced the Nigerian presidency to a kind a Tinubu heirloom - an object that has belonged to his family for several generations, to which nobody else dares contest for. It is a poor sense of judgement if Tinubu's sole strategy in the contest for the presidency is based on blackmailing Osinbajo. Nobody wins a major presidential ticket by elevating his sense of entitlement as a key achievement.

Since 1999, Tinubu has been the Lord Manor of Lagos State, where he decides who is the governor, councillors, House of Assembly members, the market leader, refuse collectors, revenue collectors and just about anybody else. He has Lagos in his pocket, and now he wants the whole country. Nigeria has become a prize well sought for by Tinubu as the crowning glory of his past political victories. That is why he does not want anybody, the VP least of all, to challenge his ''lifelong ambition''.

In 2019, the Lord Manor disallowed then Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode opportunity to go for a second term. Tinubu adamantly refused all entreaties from President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo and other eminent persons to give Ambode a fair chance. Tinubu brooks no opposition. If you offend him, you're gone. I understand that the Ambode experience was an eye opener to the Presidency on the type of person Asiwaju really is. ''If he could turn down an appeal from the President to save Ambode, what else could he do or not do if he ascends the top job? Who could stand in his way? The true character of Tinubu is well known to many people in the party, and he would never be the President'', an APC governor told me in a private conversation last week.

In conclusion, let me repeat that in modern democracies across the globe, the Vice Presidents are usually the first in line to, or the favoured ones to succeed their bosses. Yemi Osinbajo has the right to run and present his case to Nigerians. Only the voters will determine his fate.

This article is nothing but DELUSIONAL.
First Osinbajo is not by any means a front runner and the Buhari is not going to anoint him.
Second, if the president has confidence in him, why was he removed from the social and economic program of his government recently.
Third, when and how is interogating the VP records on the economy tartamount to an attack?
Fourth, there is no need for us keep arguing over SPECULATIONS HERE AND THERE. IN THE NEXT FOURTY DAYS THE CAST WILL BE CAST!!

ityP:




Omo. Tinubu's touts and urchins will not sleep today

Will not sleep over speculation on nairaland?
Seriously?

softwareman:

Will not sleep over speculation on nairaland?
Seriously?

They've not disconnected your phone from NIPP?
Oh, I forgot, you're tweeting on WhatsApp, hoping and praying you are among the 50 million youths that will be employed in the army to eat corn, cassava, agbago and yam, morning, afternoon, night, all from your "recruitment source". Una must wise by force

softwareman:

It was assigned to him to manage by Buhari.
The question I have for you is then simple: is the economy currently in BOOM or is the economy currently in DOOM?
Your ANSWER will ANSWER your QUESTION!!

What economic decision does NEC make? I hope you know that Buhari is briefed of their decisions? The ban on crypto currency? Closing the border? Did he have a say in those decisions? Didn't both decision affect the economy?

Before 1999, Tinubu had none of these:

1. Oriental Hotel
2. Falomo Shopping Complex
3. First Nation Airline
4. Lekki Concession Company
5. Apapa Amusement Park
6. Maiyegun Land Project
7. De Nation
8. Renaissance Hotel
9. Tejuoso Market (Joint ownership)
10. Ikeja Shopping Mall
11. TV Continental
12. Converted Lagos Poly land for TVC
13. Owned NNPC Office building in Lagos
14. Radio Continental
15. Owned School of Nursing building in Lagos
16. Tax Collector of Lagos State (Alpha Beta)
17. Wife is a member of the National Assembly
18. Son-in-law is a member of the National Assembly.
19. Daughter is the President-General of Market Women Association in Lagos.
20. N4 billion government financed property for self at Queens Drive, Lagos.
Tinubu acquired all of the above and many more not listed after he became Governor of Lagos State, first in 1999 and won his second term in 2003.
He remains Governor Emeritus of Lagos, controlling the State’s treasury through his protege Governors.
Typical of Nigerians, you will still get some people that will defend this broad day impunity and bastardisation of public fund.

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