TINUBU NO LONGER RELEVANT IN SOUTH-WEST– SAYS AGBAJE
A Lagos-based lawyer and activist, Mr. Fred Agbaje, has said that the
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
is no longer relevant in the South-West politics.
He said if Tinubu were still relevant to the people of the region, APC
would not have lost the Ekiti State governorship election to the
opposition.
Agbaje said the era of taking voters for granted
and imposing candidates on them had gone and that if care was not taken,
the APC would also lose to the opposition in its controlled states in
the region.
In an interview with our correspondent on Thursday,
the legal practitioner said, “With the revelation coming from the
South-West, the people are saying they are tired of one man dictating
the affairs of an entire region.
“People are not fooled anymore
in this part of the country. They are no longer blind. Tinubu is like
an irokotree which cannot make a forest. People can no longer accept one
person dictating the political and economic fortunes of this region.
“Nigerians need genuine leaders who place the interests of the people
above their personal aggrandisement, especially in the aspect of parties
imposing candidates on the electorate.”
Agbaje added that the
Ekiti election also proved that the power of incumbency was no longer an
issue to be reckoned with in Nigerian politics.
He said, “This
also shows that the President could not be sure of re-election in 2015
if he does not meet up with people’s expectations.
Incumbency is nothing when the people’s will is strong.”
But Tinubu’s spokesperson, Sunday Dare, said it was not possible that
the loss of Ekiti State governorship election to the Peoples Democratic
Party could decide the political relevance of the APC chieftain.
“It is illogical,” he said.
Dare said the APC leader became a champion when the PDP lost
governorship seats in five states to it, adding that the loss of one
state meant nothing to the party.
He said, “Do not forget that
this is a democratic dispensation; the will of the people must be
respected. Tinubu has repeatedly said that as long as elections are free
and fair, there is no need to fight.”
Dare, however, said
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral
Commission had questions to answer over the Ekiti State governorship
election held two weeks ago.
He said, “There are still many
issues arising from the Ekiti State election. Why did the President
victimise the opposition leaders? What role did INEC play in the
election that gave a win to PDP?
“These and many other questions need to be answered before we can say APC lost in Ekiti.”
Likewise, the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, Lai
Mohammed, also said the loss of Ekiti to PDP had no scientific
background to prove that Tinubu had become an irrelevant politician in
the South-West.
He said, “When elections like this come, many political scientists arise and say lots of things that are irrelevant.
“It is not true that Tinubu is no longer relevant. Ekiti election had nothing to do with him.”
7/05/2014
TINUBU NO LONGER RELEVANT IN SOUTH-WEST– SAYS AGBAJE
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