Publisher of
the Ovation Magazine and former Presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu has given
interpretations to recent comment by an All Progressives Congress chieftain,
chief Bisi Akande.
Akande during a meeting of the South West leaders of the ruling
party had made it clear that there was no automatic ticket for President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Reacting to
the matter in a long article he shared on social media yesterday, Momodu
pointed out that Yoruba leaders are preparing a former governor of Lagos State
and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bolaji Tinubu for presidency come 2019.
He said the
decision is borne out of frustration, adding that the Yoruba leadership will no
longer support any other tribe for presidency.
Part of his
article reads, “What Baba Akande has not said is simply that the days when the
Presidency would be voluntarily zoned to exclude most sections of the country
in favour of another section, whether the candidate presented and supported by
the people is competent or useless, are over.
“The truth is
zoning never worked anyway, as some Presidential candidates left their original
parties for other parties in defiance of the zoning formula of their own party.
“Without
mincing words, it is obvious that the Yoruba leadership has decided it would no
longer support other tribes, zones or regions to attain to power to the
exclusion of their tribe.
“They would
rather work hard, reach out, and join hands with like minds to get power.
“Their
decision is borne out of the acute frustration and disappointment that makes
them feel cheated about the Nigerian configuration which does not throw up the
best but regularly favours the dregs of society who have only contributed to
drawing Nigeria backward, in most cases.
“The campaign
has probably started in earnest, culminating in the search for a Yoruba
Presidency.
“Though the
Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Peter Ayodele Fayose has controversially but
ceremoniously thrown his hat into the ring, it is the fact that the capo di
tutti capi, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, may be warming up for his turn to take a
major shot at the race of his life that is most significant.
“Mark my
words. One of the greatest political strategists in Nigeria, Tinubu is tired of
being a kingmaker and he would rather be the king.
“Indeed, that
has always been his ambition but this has been largely curtailed by
circumstances.
“Like many of
those who supported Major General Muhammadu Buhari to attain power, after so
many attempts, the former Senator and former Governor of Lagos State, feels
he’s not gotten the respect and relevance he deserves for his monumental
effort. Accordingly, he seems determined to make a personal push.
“Apart from
the virtues of Baba Akande that I have enumerated above, a lesser known one is
his deep sense of loyalty.”
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