Tinubu: Loud Silence In APC After Primaries

Two weeks to September when the presidential campaign would commence according to the timetable released earlier by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), some of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains are still distancing themselves from the Presidential Campaign Council, (PCC). JOHNCHUKS ONUANYIM looks at the reasons behind this

A Yoruba adage that says “When people gather in a discussion room and come out with frowned faces they must have told themselves the truth, but if it was the other way round, they must have lied to themselves.”

The above situation depicts the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Special National Convention that held on June 8 that produced the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its presidential candidate.

That Convention had about 14 presidential aspirants among which included Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi, Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, Former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonbaya Onu, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba and former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha.

Others were former Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt.Hon. Demeji Bankoke, former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibukunle Amosun, former Minister of Information, Chief Ikeobasi Mokelu, Mrs. Uju Ohanenye and Mr. Rich Jack.

At the Convention ground, the aspirants were given opportunity to speak and to speak sincerely on the way to achieve a lasting peace after the Convention, they rather spoke of their withdrawal for the National Leader of APC.

Only the former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani and the former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonbaya Onu could be said to have spoken their minds. They decried what could be called injustice to the South-East.

In his speech, Onu said: Where is the justice, where is the justice here.” He added that the South-West had had one of its own in the person of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for eight years on the saddle, the Vice president Prof Yemi Osinbajo for another eight years since the return to democratic rule in the country.

He further stated that former President Goodlick Jonathan from the South-South geopolitical zone have also had six years on the saddle before he was defeated at the 2015 poll by the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.

He thereby queried why the South-East has remained sidelined in the power equation of the country.

However, the cry of the orphans were not heard as the former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged as the flag bearer of the party, with the former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Ameachi coming a distanced second.

According to a party member, the withdrawal of South-West aspirants for Tinubu was a betrayer to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo aspiration. Prof. Osinbajo and Ameachi were looking good on the primaries as Christians from the South.

Another candidate who had a chance for the APC ticket was the former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba. He was from the CPC bloc.

A former member of the House of Representatives from Adamawa State, Hon. Abubakar had alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed Nwajiuba as the flag bearer of APC and a Northern Muslim as his running mate. According to him, when the CPC bloc met with the President they presented Nwajiuba as the first choice and Ameachi as the second choice. Ameachi would have run with the Minister for Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN should he had got the ticket.

Nwajiuba stayed away from the Convention when he saw that the agreement reached was broken by the President and northern governors.

Reacting to the absence of the Education Minister at the APC Convention, his elder brother, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba said , “Many friends are calling to find out why my brother, Dr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, did not come out to address the APC convention.

“Simple: The understanding from the highest levels prior to his involvement, and considering his role in the founding of the APC, was that of consensus, as was with the National Chairmanship a few months ago.

“With that understanding, the Presidential ticket was to come to the South and the South-East.

This has been the hope till the end of the negotiations. He, not wanting to be part of the Dollar and Naira bazaar, is convinced that what Nigeria needs now is no more of the same thing that has kept Nigeria at the low level it has been.”

Ameachi on his part, recently stated that those who voted for the choice of Tinubu at the convention are regretting it.

In his words: “Those who voted at the APC primary, who are they? The ordinary Nigerians. The small money they got, solved their immediate problems. Now, oh we made a mistake or we didn’t make a mistake, we are hearing different things.

“If Nigeria’s problems are to be solved, the ordinary Nigerians must be at the forefront. So if you are praying for us, pray for the leadership of the country but also pray that the ordinary Nigerians should choose the right President to govern the country. He stressed that giving out free money to woo people into supporting one’s political ambition was not the solution to the many problems facing Nigeria as a nation.”

Since the Convention, some party members believe that the APC presidential candidate has not done enough to reach out to the other aspirants.

According to Mohammed Musa, a chieftain of the APC, Tinubu is being deceived by few individuals that he would win the election with or without some party members. One would have expected that he would consistently reach out to all the aspirants.

that contested the ticket with him and possibly offer a role to them in the Presidential Campaign Council. Pertinent also to state that the governors are not happy that the slot of running mate was not conceded to them because it is being alleged that that was the agreement reached with them. It cannot be said that there is no serving APC governor in the North that is as competent as former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima.

The issue of competence was just a decoy to pick Shettima as running mate. However, some persons have alleged that the governors collected money to throw their weights behind the APC National Leader to pick the ticket, therefore he does not owe them any loyalty to agreement.

This allegation of money is not far from what the former Minister of Transportation is insinuating. Another thing that would make some governors to stay away from the APC Presidential campaign is that they feel betrayed. Tinubu made a lot of promises to some persons on the need for them to support him. When he won, these persons were not properly consulted before the choice of the running mate.

Such governors are: Yobe State governor and former chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni, Kebbi State governor and Chairman of the PGF, Senator Atiku Bagudu, Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru, Kaduna State governor, Kano State governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Gaduje, Plateau State governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong and Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum. Any of this governors had the inclination of becoming the Vice Presidential candidate of APC, the chieftain said. On the issue of Muslim-Muslim tickets of the APC, some persons believe that it was not well thought out. To them, the argument that it would help APC to win the Presidential election is a defeatist one.

Those who have argued against it seriously believe that it is a way to institutionalize Islam beyond what it is presently. To buttress their position, they believe that if President Muhammadu Buhari could not pick a Muslim in the stature of Tinubu in 2015 to win election, there was no reason for that presently. An associate to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said even if the Christians in government are quite, they still have their believe it what is good for the country.

Persons like Prof. Osinbajo, Ameachi, Nwajiuba, Ogbonnaya Onu, Ken Nnamani, Rochas Okorocha, who are Christians and contested the primaries would definitely go with Christians even if they would not say so. The issue of Muslim-Muslim is one that has distanced some persons from supporting Tinubu. Also of concern is the issue of certificate scandal, age and health status of the APC Presidential candidate.

For some party Chieftains that believe that anybody aspiring for the position of President should be above board, it is difficult for them to relate whole with the party’s candidate and the campaign. Like some others, the former Deputy National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George had consistently stated that the former Lagos State governor and the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has certificate problems.

The opposition party leader had called the APC Presidential candidate out several on different issues ranging from, schools attended, health, wealth and his age. According to Bode George everything about the APC candidate is shrouded in secrecy.

Badmus Ade expressing his view, said many would be very careful in supporting or campaign for any Presidential candidate. Those that campaigned for the incumbent President are regretting their actions, just as they are getting bashings from the people.
Anybody who is worth of his salt must know those to campaign for irrespective of party affiliations. Looking at President Buhari and his governance, it would be difficult to campaign for some Presidential candidates.

However, the Director General of Coalition for Tinubu/Shettima support Group, Dr. Adebayo Shittu has come to the defence of Tinubu. Shittu said Bode George was only wasting time on allegations of corruption against Tinubu if he cannot go to EFCC to prove that.

According to him, there is no any known ailment associated with the APC Presidential candidate excerpt the kneel operation he went recently. Shittu also stated that it would be uncalled for anybody to question the certificate of someone who worked as a bureaucrat in Mobil International as a Chartered Accountant.

The former Minister of Aviation, Chief Fani Kayode also dismissed every allegations against Tinubu as he said, “There is absolutely no issue of corruption or any issue of you know, malfeasance on the part of Bola, when it comes to Alpha Beta or when it comes to anything else. These things have been said over the years, nothing has been proved, EFCC has not gone after him. ICPC has not asked him, he has not been indicted. He knows the answers instead of asking questions. Let him tell us what to answer. Then we’ll take it from there.

“It is wrong to continue to impugn the character of somebody that has done so well for his people in this nation and continues to rise. We’re not talking about Bola in Lagos state alone anymore. This man has emerged as the presidential candidate of the largest party in this country, backed by many governors in this country.

“Millions of people in this country see their hope and aspirations in him as the leader of the party, as a presidential candidate. And that alone should be respected instead of continuously going on about alpha beta, who owns alpha beta. The world does not begin and end in Lagos state. Lagos has done very well. What it was then, and what it is today, it has gone from strength to strength, and I’m very proud of the fact that I lived in Lagos for many years of my life. Look at Lagos today, compared to yesterday.”

However, the support and the campaign would be cleared next month when the campaign would commence going by INEC timetable.

The party, its Presidential candidate members would know those who are disposed to campaign for the presidential candidate and his running mate for the February 2023 general election.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/tinubu-loud-silence-in-apc-after-primaries/

An enigma doesn't shout about... The idiot Obi embarassing himself could do better keeping shut but he had to lie



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Moh247:



An enigma doesn't shout about... The idiot Obi embarassing himself could do better keeping shut but he had to lie



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Idiot Asiwaju has disgraced himself more times in public than a grade one kid

Tinubu downfall began the day he chooses a renowned terrorist as his vp

Tinubu is a bad market and WE Yoruba Christian's will not vote for him, we are not foolish to vote for Muslim Muslim ticket,

Tinubu is a bad market and WE Yoruba Christian's will not vote for him, we are not foolish to vote for Muslim Muslim ticket, muric told Yoruba Muslims Not to vote Yoruba Christian's

The silence means OYO

Karlovych:
There's no confidence in the party, Buhari has destroyed the economy under APC. Even yours truly that is planning to travel to my state Benue for Christmas celebration will have to save my 30k zombie stipend for 3 months to be able to afford the flight ticket, traveling by road is no longer a viable option all thanks to agents of Jubrin on the road waiting to pounce on passengers

As a former BMC zombie, I throw my full support for Obi and Labour Party, local man has seen enough at the gate and is tired

Good of you. I hope etrouble PandoraObi Mandate2023 etc would also receive sense before 2023.

Moh247:


An enigma doesn't shout about... The idiot Tinubu embarassing himself could do better keeping shut but he had to lie.

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The truth is Tinubu is not marketable because he is old, sick and corrupt. He is visionless and idealess. APC loyalists here in Osun State prefers Osinbajo to him.

Newton2024:
The truth is Tinubu is not marketable because he is old, sick and corrupt. He is visionless and idealess. APC loyalists here in Osun State prefers Osinbajo to him.

Lol

Omo Ibo I no fit dey follow you talk national politics

Moh247:


Lol

Omo Ibo I no fit dey follow you talk national politics

Go and wash your face with ori and agbalumo

Moh247:


Lol

Omo Ibo I no fit dey follow you talk national politics

Lol fair enough

It's obvious that Northerners have deserted Tinubu....


Northerners will never vote any candidate that his winning will lead to disintegration of Nigeria....

Tinubu's candidacy is DOA.....


Vote Wisely!!!

That Nwajuba guy that was weeping like a baby the other day, now the rest of us are queuing behind Obi to make sure that injustice against Ibos is addressed once and for all, instead of him to pull out of the satanic party and redeem himself by pledging allegiance to Obi and supporting his course, he's still in one hole, hibernating. Tomorrow, Tinubu will give him his shoes to polish, he will now come and be smiling for cameras. Shame!

They warned emilokan but the desperate bullion vans druggie with his hoardes of zombies think they are wise. Now reality is clearer.

Coolsperm:
Tinubu is a bad market and WE Yoruba Christian's will not vote for him, we are not foolish to vote for Muslim Muslim ticket, muric told Yoruba Muslims Not to vote Yoruba Christian's

You are not a Yoruba, better stop all these nonsense before you get the few Yoruba people supporting Obituary angry

I don’t think the governors are angry that Shettima was picked as running. Shettima himself was a governor until 2019 and in fact the chairman of Northern governors’ forum before handing over to Lalong. So Shettima is widely accepted by the Northern governors in APC.

Newton2024:
The truth is Tinubu is not marketable because he is old, sick and corrupt. He is visionless and idealess. APC loyalists here in Osun State prefers Osinbajo to him.

Osinbajo that couldn’t win primaries na him wan win general election? Do you think presidential elections is only conducted in Osun?

Sannisege:
Osinbajo that couldn’t win primaries na him wan win general election? Do you think presidential elections is only conducted in Osun?

Do you think if APC primary election was not monetized, Tinubu would have won Osinbajo? Tinubu won because he has stronger financial muscle than Osinbajo. But outside party delegates, VP is more acceptable than Jagaban.

Princebizzie:


You are not a Yoruba, better stop all these nonsense before you get the few Yoruba people supporting Obituary angry

That's the mind of the Yoruba Christian. We are not going to vote for Tinubu's muslim-terrorist ticket. You can't Islamise us again.

Moh247:


Lol

Omo Ibo I no fit dey follow you talk national politics

Tinubu ti lu'le patapata too mo

APC got work to do Buhari has destroyed the party.

Hmm

They have nothing to campaign with anymore. This won't be business as usual.

Sponsored article..

apc cannot campaign in some state

Idiot politicians been ousted himself more times in public than a grade one kid

Moh247:


Lol

Omo Ibo I no fit dey follow you talk national politics

Who Are These Obidients? By Femi Fani-Kayode

Let me make this clear from the outset. I am a member of the APC and a supporter of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This contribution does not in any way derogate from that and my analysis is more of an academic and intellectual exercise than anything else.

I am NOT a supporter of Peter Obi and I have NO intention of becoming one. I am however interested on what his supporters represent and stand for and that is the subject of this essay.

Those of us in the larger political parties like the ruling APC and the opposition PDP, treat them with contempt and ignore them at our own peril.

The truth is that they are far more dangerous to our collective cause as a ruling class than many of us can possibly conceive or appreciate.

Only the discerning can appreciate this and know precisely where this whole thing may be heading.

They may not have structures or elected representatives in the legislative and executive arms of Government but they have IDEAS and VISION coupled with a clear ideological and philosophical bent which can and will endure for far longer than mere political platforms and structures.

Unknown to them as well as virtually everyone else, therein lies their power. As they say, an idea whose time has come cannot be stopped.

Long after we are all gone they will still be here because structures and political alliances rarely endure but IDEAS and VISION last forever.

Again they will outlive and outlast us all because they are not a political party in the true sense of the word but rather a growing national movement which scales and spreads across ethnic, religious, political and regional lines and traditional boundaries.

They also represent a generational and paradigm shift which is increasingly attractive to many and they are bound tightly together by a common purpose, common cause and common objective: namely to rid Nigeria of the old order and usher in the new.

That is really what they want to do and that is the primary and strongest source of their inspiration and motivation.

They are far more dangerous to what the French describe as the ‘Ancien Regime’, the old political class and the entire system itself than anything we have ever seen before because most of them, bar their leader and a small handful of political tried and tested veterans and old war horses around him, are NOT politicians and have never ventured anywhere near the political arena or the circles of power.

In the main they are an innovatively aggressive and frightful array and association of angry and determined young men and women who clearly have the courage of their convictions coupled with the audacity, fury, daring, rage and firm resolve of those that were involved in the Endsars protesters and the fiery footsoldiers that effected the 1917 Russian Bolshevik revolution led by Vladimir Iliyich Lenin.

There is also something Rawlingesque and intimidating about them. That is to say they are like the late, great and mighty son of Africa and leader of Ghana, President Jerry Rawlings, who also led a successful revolution in his country in 1979 and who, on his second coming in 1981 when he toppled yet another Government said, “if there is no justice there can be no peace!”

That is the spirit that is in the Obidients and that is what moves them. Yet though they do not like to hear it their chances of winning the presidential election next year, short of a miracle, are very slim and deep down they all know it even if they refuse to publicly acknowledge it.

Despite that they are determined to fight to the end, hope for the best, work hard and give it their best shot and, of course, therein lies their victory.

In this game courage is the key. As they say, ‘he who dares wins’. Again as they say, ‘fortune favours the bold’ and these young people are both daring and bold.

That they can challenge the status quo and vie for the sacred and awesome power that has been shared by the two major political parties or their ancestral variants over the last 62 years is commendable in itself. I am not part of them but I certainly commend and applaud their efforts.

They too have a right to fight for their rights and future and to be heard. They too have a dream and a story to tell and we must never begrudge them that.

Yet if the truth be told they are not only interested in winning an election but, perhaps even more importantly, they are interested in making a profound and defiant statement, registering their protest against the status qou and the powers that be and triggering and engendering a full scale, comprehensive and all-embracing social, cultural and political revolution.

They want a real and fundamental change and not a fake one. They want to pull the whole house and system down with everyone in it and rebuild a new one in their own image, with their own values and on their own terms.

Most important of all they want to see the back of those of us that are in any way associated with the old order or that have been in Government or the corridors of power at ANY point in time over the last 62 years.

That desire and sentiment is the force that is driving and propelling them and that is kindling their fire and swelling their ranks.

They are like the Robspiers and the Marats of the bloody French revolution between 1789 and 1799 whose battle cry was “liberty, equality and fraternity”, who brought an end to the French monarchy, Royal family and nobility, chopped off their heads and established a proud and strong new order and proud Republic.

Like Robspier’s tiny cabal of French revolutionaries they are led by a small cell of intellectual and idealistic hardliners and are bolstered, girded and supported by a volatile, massive and increasingly dangerous support group and power base who threaten violence and hurl insults at their perceived detractors at the drop of a hat and as a consequence of years of pent up anger and frustration.

If they ever get power many heads will role and many of today’s and yesterday’s leaders will run into exile or go into hiding. This is especially so of those who have something to hide or who have skeletons in their cupboards.

That is what makes them so threatening and I repeat, those of us that are in the larger political parties or that are members of the existing and ancient ruling class underestimate them, ignore them and display disdain for their firm resolve and rising anger at our own peril.

Most of my political associates, friends and colleagues across party lines tend to dismiss them with contempt. They regard them as being inconsequential and argue that they only exist on social media. I beg to differ. I see them in the streets and I see them in the Churches.

I see them amongst my staff and amongst those that regard themselves as being amongst the oppressed and downtrodden.i see them amongst the professionals and those thst are bankers, lawyers, doctors and artists.

I see them in the North, West, East and South. I see them everywhere and not only on social media.

I see them as being a very powerful and potent rising force which, if properly managed, will develop into a major political power over the next few years with a strong ideological and electoral foundation and massive structures.

That is the potential that they have and that is how dangerous they can be.

The sooner those of us that are in the larger political parties get off our high horses, display a little humility, try and understand their mindset, reach out to them, take them more seriously, appreciate their anger, restore their hope, make the necessary concessions and try and abate their rage and rising angst the better it will be for us all.

They may not have today but if we do not play our cards right they may end up having tomorrow.

May God help us all.

https://idomavoice.com/who-are-these-obidients-by-femi-fani-kayode/amp/

Cry cry Zombidients think election is all about noise and deceit

In the next 5 months the Obituarists will go back to Biafuro or death syndrome


We patriotic Nigerians knw the end result.

matrixme:
That Nwajuba guy that was weeping like a baby the other day, now the rest of us are queuing behind Obi to make sure that injustice against Ibos is addressed once and for all, instead of him to pull out of the satanic party and redeem himself by pledging allegiance to Obi and supporting his course, he's still in one hole, hibernating. Tomorrow, Tinubu will give him his shoes to polish, he will now come and be smiling for cameras. Shame!

No! He is doing the right thing. Everyone against Tinubu interest should not pull out. He should be in the party and work against it from within. That was how GEJ was brought down.