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The Director of Politics at ARISE News and former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Chief Akin Osuntokun, has said there is nothing compelling about former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 presidential ambition: https://thenews-chronicle.com/2027-theres-nothing-compelling-about-atikus-candidacy-osuntokun/

News1234:
The Director of Politics at ARISE News and former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Chief Akin Osuntokun, has said there is nothing compelling about former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 presidential ambition: https://thenews-chronicle.com/2027-theres-nothing-compelling-about-atikus-candidacy-osuntokun/

He has repeatedly contested unsuccessfully, like an overused car battery which has lost sparks.

Support your tribesman in peace and keep it moving. Atiku is miles better than Tinubu and will do a better job. These are the moles who lured Obi away from the PDP. The likes of Doyin Okupe, Pat Utomi and co.

AMINDA:
Support your tribesman in peace and keep it moving. Atiku is miles better than Tinubu and will do a better job. These are the moles who lured Obi away from the PDP. The likes of Doyin Okupe, Pat Utomi and co.

As usual, they always turn it to tribalism. When Akin Osuntokun led the media directorate of Atiku's presidential campaign council in 2019, he wasn't supporting his tribesmen. When he served as the Director General of the Peter Obi campaign council in 2023, he was not supporting his tribesmen. Now that he has not publicly declared support for either Atiku and Peter Obi, he's now a tribalistic person who is shy to declare support for his tribesmen.

This is what Yoruba people suffer in this country. Everyone except us to serve them and never aspire for anything or have a contrary opinion about others. Same way Tinubu was a good guy when he used his platform to support Atiku, Ribadu and Buhari. The moment he said it is my turn to also contest and seek the support of those he has supported in the past, he became a bad person and a tribalist.

seunmsg:
As usual, they always turn it to tribalism. When Akin Osuntokun led the media directorate of Atiku's presidential campaign council in 2019, he wasn't supporting his tribesmen. When he served as the Director General of the Peter Obi campaign council in 2023, he was not supporting his tribesmen. Now that he has not publicly declared support for either Atiku and Peter Obi, he's now a tribalistic person who is shy to declare support for his tribesmen.

This is what Yoruba people suffer in this country. Everyone except us to serve them and never aspire for anything or have a contrary opinion about others. Same way Tinubu was a good guy when he used his platform to support Atiku, Ribadu and Buhari. The moment he said it is my turn to also contest and seek the support of those he has supported in the past, he became a bad person and a tribalist.

Don't rewrite history. He said it was his turn and won with 70% of his total votes coming drom the North. He was outrightly rejected across the entire South, including in Lagos and Osun. He won and truly demonstrated that it was his turn by making his government all about himself and his boys from Lagos while ostracising many who made him president. He even chased out the legacy CPC members from the APC that they co-founded after the sudden death of Buhari.

As for Osuntokun, what has happened between 2019 and 2023 when he supported Atiku and Obi that has made him made an about-turn? Has Tinubu performed excellently well?

AMINDA:
Don't rewrite history. He said it was his turn and won with 70% of his total votes coming drom the North. He was outrightly rejected across the entire South, including in Lagos and Osun. He won and truly demonstrated that it was his turn by making his government all about himself and his boys from Lagos while ostracising many who made him president. He even chased out the legacy CPC members from the APC that they co-founded after the sudden death of Buhari.

As for Osuntokun, what has happened between 2019 and 2023 when he supported Atiku and Obi that has made him made an about-turn? Has Tinubu performed excellently well?

Yes, Tinubu has performed excellently well and all macroeconomic indices says so. India, China and Nigeria are the leading countries contributing to global GDP growth rate according to the report released just yesterday by IMF.

In terms of dealing with all the fundamental problems that has beleaguered he country's development for years, no president comes close to President Bola Tinubu. None. All legacy problems that all previous president have shied away from resolving are now being resolved. No sensible person who love this country and is not driven by ethno-religious consideration will see the performance of Tinubu and give a second thought to supporting mediocrities like Obi and Atiku.


So, in as much as Akin Osuntokun has every reason to shift his support to President Bola Tinubu, he has not even done so. Not supporting Atiku doesn't mean he is supporting President Tinubu. He supported Obi in 2023 and has not declared anywhere that he is no longer supporting him. So, drop the tribal rubbish and face the dying campaign of your failed principal.