Saraki
President
of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said the insultive
statements made against him in Ilorin today by former Governor of
Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, were expression of
their frustration over the imminent loss of their party in next
Saturday election.
Saraki
in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and
Publicity),Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that the APC leaders know that
their party will sure lose the presidential and National Assembly
elections on February 16, 2019 and that is why in their
desperate mood they are only hurling abuses instead of discussing
issues and telling the people what they will do for them.
“They
came to Kwara State to hurl insults at me and my people, instead of
explaining to the people what they want to do differently and what
contributions their flagbearers and other leaders in the State have
made to our various communities to justify the people shifting their
loyalty to their dying party. They promised nothing concrete that
will improve the standard of living of the people and provide
infrastructure.
“They
have only come to Kwara to vindicate my position that they have no
good plans for Kwara State and its people. It is obvious that
the APC have nothing to offer Kwarans. They represent nothing good
for our people. My problem with them has always been that after we
worked with our people to support them to win in 2015, they refused
to work on infrastructure and other policy issues that can bring
direct benefit to our people.
“As
for Tinubu, we have never expected any good words from him. All his
life, he will continue to belly ache and nurse grudges over my
opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket idea in 2015. As far as he is
concerned, I stopped him from realizing his ambition then. However, I
believe my action then and now is in pursuit of national interest.
Again, I supported President Buhari in 2015 because I believe he
could make a positive change. I left the party when I realized he
lacked the capacity and the desire to make any change. Tinubu on his
own part said though he agreed with me about my assessment of the
man, he would continue to support Buhari even if the man had to
govern from the hospital stretcher because that is the way he
(Tinubu) could become the President in 2023. So, while my position is
premised on national interest, Tinubu’s is based on his personal
interest and ambition. Now that Tinubu’s new speciality is to hurl
insults at people like former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar, focusing on me today is okay if it
will help him feel good.
“It
is surprising that a man like Tinubu will be talking about morality
and corruption. This is a man whose disrepute is known both within
and outside Nigeria. This is somebody who personifies everything that
is wrong with the Nigerian system. Well, I am not ready to roll
in the gutter with him. Unlike them, I will stay on the issues that
are germane to national development and the welfare of our people.
“However,
let me make it clear that what Tinubu and his putative party
chairman, Oshiomhole did today is to insult the people of Kwara State
who are independent minded, forward looking, assertive and
God-fearing. On Saturday, the APC will be punished for their bad
behaviour. Kwarans will tell them that they cannot take dictates from
power mongers, pretenders and hypocrites. The people of Kwara
State will never take dictates from selfish individuals. Their evil
design will be thwarted on Saturday and March 2”, Saraki
stated.
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