A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were
because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck
Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim
National Government.
Tinubu said in a statement by his media office on Thursday
that having refused the offer, Jonathan was looking for
ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him
arrested based on trumped-up charges.
The former governor of Lagos State said the Peoples
Democratic Party had never been this rattled in its 16 years
of power.
He said Jonathan blamed him for the successful merger of
the APC and the momentum the APC presidential candidate,
Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was gaining in the
current electioneering.
Tinubu said with the North-West and the South-West — the
two most populous geo-political zones — in the hands of
the APC, it was certain that the PDP would lose.
The statement read, “With the election less than three
weeks away and the outcome possibly against them, the
Goodluck Jonathan Presidency and the hardliners in the
PDP have embarked on a new strategy to put a brake on
the momentum Buhari seems to be gathering.
“This strategy is novel and seems to be the outcome of a
desperate calculation in that the PDP has shifted its
attention from the APC in order to attack on multiple fronts
the former governor of Lagos State and APC national leader,
Bola Tinubu.
“From what can be gathered through informed sources, the
PDP and Jonathan Presidency had recently tried to fracture
the APC by offering Tinubu the position of Vice President in
an interim government if he would agree to part company
with the popular Buhari.
“Once Tinubu rebuffed the offer to participate in the interim
scheme, the presidency decided to change tactics. It would
no longer try to entice Tinubu with sugar but would now
move to silence, and if necessary, neutralise him. The APC
National leader has caused President Jonathan’s team
countless headaches this campaign season, his declining
the interim government offer is just the latest.
“The Jonathan government sees Tinubu as the linchpin of
the APC and its successful electoral strategy. They also
consider him one of the government’s most prolific and able
critics due to his long standing and often strident critiques
of Jonathan government policies, from economic
development to national security.
“More to the point, they blame him as the man who is most
responsible for placing them in their current electoral
quandary. They believe without Tinubu’s efforts, the
successful merger of the political parties into the APC would
not have occurred and they would not be facing possible
defeat at the hands of this new party.”
The former governor said the recent televised hate
documentaries were part of the desperate attempt by
Jonathan to discredit him.
He added that Jonathan might even accuse him of the
murder of the PDP candidate, Mr. Funsho Williams, who
was killed in 2006.
The statement added, “The agenda to tackle Bola Tinubu
and weaken his political influence nationwide and to
undermine his leadership in South Western politics can be
said to have gone into the overdrive.
“The first part of the strategy is to dredge previously
discredited claims of illicit wealth in hopes of silencing
Tinubu or lessening his public image. However, they fear
this public relations attack may be too soft as Tinubu has
been taken before the ICPC and the case against him
dismissed.
“If this attack does not deter his party activities, the
presidency and PDP are prepared to take more drastic
action if they believe it is necessary to win the election by
throwing the APC into disarray.” CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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