THE Presidency on Thursday accused former Lagos State
governor and leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Tinubu,
of lying over his remarks at an event in London where he presented President
Goodluck Jonathan as incapable of tackling the challenges confronting the
country.
Addressing a news conference in Abuja
on Thursday, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Public Affairs,
Dr. Doyin Okupe, noted that at a time Tinubu’s new political party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) was battling unsuccessfully to produce a new set of
leadership, Tinubu was in London telling lies about the Jonathan’s
administration.
Saying that government has noted
“several inconsistencies, political razzmatazz and utter falsehoods contained
in the address,” Okupe said Tinubu’s remarks were not only wide off the mark
but betrayed the hypocrisy “for which the national leader of ACN and his party
have become very well known.”
He said that the ACN leader’s claim
that “everyone claims to be democratic but not everyone is faithful to his or
her word,” was “a clear case of self-indictment,” arguing that “any
keen and discerning observer of Nigeria’s democracy will attest that Senator
Tinubu and his ACN are completely lacking in democratic temper.”
Okupe remarked that the ACN as a
party was not only undemocratic but blatantly autocratic and makes no pretenses
about it, saying “it is clear that ACN leadership’s understanding of democracy
is tainted and skewed by his undemocratic mindset, which has seen him exert
authoritarian control over the party. With such disposition, it is easy to
understand his warped and defective reading of the democratic situation in
Nigeria.”
According to the Presidential aide,
that paper that Nigeria under the leadership of Jonathan was a dysfunctional
democracy was not only the height of ignorance but equally of unbridled
mischief.
He added: “Tinubu must be talking of
an imaginary Nigeria not the Nigeria we all know and live in. His submission on
our democracy is nothing but wild conjecture, completely unrelated to reality.
“For the records, the Nigerian
democracy is robust, vibrant and unattenuated. Unlike the ACN chieftain would
have us believe, Nigerian democracy does not stand in any dark.
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Wht is democratic abt Nigeria Doyin okupe?That ur govt is fighting wt whoever critize ur govt,not allowing their planes to land or take off or whoever voted for Ameachi is against Jonathan,is that the democracy u are talking abt.U wll knw whether ur master wll be in office come 2015.Animal in human form wt that ur long month.
ReplyDeleteanonymous 6:56 , There is democracy in Nigeria that why u can wake up early in the morning, log on to ckn and start speaking rubbish , try that 15 yrs ago. As for goodluck 2015, I will vote against him if I see a better candidate, right now I havent seen any.
ReplyDeleteTinubu is a digress to the nation .
ReplyDeleteTinubu or wat u called ur self live Goodluck alone during de time of ur brother obasanjo do u fight him?
ReplyDeletethe truth is tinubu is a liar and almost every sensible person(even the anonymous @ 6 : 56) knows it. GEJ is not so good but he is still the most decent among them.
ReplyDeleteKettle calling pot black.is tinubu a democrat?,no in his own local gvt in lagos.obanikoros son wan d local govmt chairma,jst bcos he won it on pdp ticket,him & fashola refused 2 sworn him in up till nw.during him tym in lagos,no meaningfull devpt was recorded
ReplyDeleteTinubu keep ur mouth shot bcos ur nt even a democrat.why hv u refused 2 swear in d pdp guy dat won ur lg chairmanship seat.? Why did u impose ur wife as a senator against d wish of d pple.why did u impose d lg chairman in mushin lg even when u know he is nt qualified.i cee jonathan as a saint comparable 2 u cos he has conscience bt u heartless jackabaaal.
ReplyDeleteanonymous 4:57 pm ,nice comment but ur grammar fall my hand.
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