By Chinwendu Obienyi
Former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole has disassociated APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the failures of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Oshiomole who featured on a live programme monitored by Daily Sun in Lagos, yesterday, said it was wrong to credit or appropriate blames on Tinubu due to ongoing economic challenges bedevilling the country.
“It is a fact that Asiwaju himself said he co-founded the APC. I was a co-founding governor of the APC along with Fashola and other governors but he never participated in governance, never held or carried out any contract on behalf of the government and so crediting him is totally wrong. This is just being fair and it is not the Vice President who announced that he has been given the responsibility by the President to chair the economic team and so you cannot ask him to account for some economic policies. You cannot say that someone who never in any way participated in the government should be credited with the outcome of government policies or blamed either way,” Oshiomhole said.
When quizzed on the outcry of Nigerians over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC, Oshiomole said: “Tinubu is a Muslim who married a Christian and did not force his wife to adopt his own religion which some practices has shown over time. Many governors upon leaving office book a seat at the senate. Asiwaju, upon leaving office, did not do that, but he encouraged his wife to go to the Senate, he did not go to the Senate himself. It turned out his wife has been one of the most active senators.
“So, I think the outcry from the Pentecostal Association of Nigeria (PFN) as well as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is just all blackmail. I also think our challenge is beyond religion, rather we should be talking about evaluating these candidates and what they would do to transform the economy. CAN or PFN is not speaking for northern Christians.”
While faulting PDP for being behind some of the challenges facing the country, Oshiomole revealed that after APC had defeated PDP in 2015, well known PDP leaders suggested a change of name of the party to be able to become electable.
“That is how bad PDP was. Now, who talks about that? I believe that President Buhari on balance would or should be credited with a number of achievements. Clearly, he himself has not claimed that he has solved all the problems. President Buhari inherited a terrible economic situation. Some progress has been made in many areas, but the truth is new problems have developed, some of which are external to us and maybe some could have been pursued differently,” he said.
Where is Mr or Comrade Adam Oshiomhole when Bola Tinubu openly assaulted the democratic integrities of over 70 millions Nigerians voters that HE MADE BUHARI PRESIDENT not really their votes counts?
Where is Mr Adam when Bola Tinubu maliciously and undemocratically always boosted that APC is a political party that existed in His personal POCKET?.
These were cleared Democratic Justification that all the Poor Leadership of Not only President Buhari but the entire APC Governors in all aspects of governance which put Nigerians into all forms of socioeconomic hardships and general insecurities of lives and Properties are credited to Bola Tinubu while the entire blame of Political and economy instabilities are also in His CAP.
Adam Oshomhole as a Former NLC President, As former Edo State Governor, as Former APC National Chairman as Senatorial Candidate of APC from Edo state in the next 2023 election and now as BUFFALO SOLDIER of Bola Tinubu campaign organization of Jobless sets of recycled questionable people absolutely demonstrated POLITICAL BARBARISM which defined a sicked society because the Global concept of democracy and its ideological Principle of leadership which Practically unfolded Government of The People, By the People and For the People directly Credited the Blame of Poor Leadership to the electorate at the sametime Credited the Glory of Good Leadership to the electorates while the Constitutional Provision which give rights for second term in office to elected office holders in executive capacity allowed the electorates to applied their wisdom and patriotism to vote-in or vote-out any elected leaders that abused office and abused powers therefore if over 70Millions Nigerians Voters that democratically elected President Buhari in 2015 and Reelected Him in 2019 especially those that Voted him on Tribal, Religious and Regional interest and its undemocratic sentimental selfishness are blaming themselves for reelected Him as President So What stop Bola Tinubu to openly apologise or admitted the blame of socioeconomic, political and insecurities challenges of Bad governance?.
What is the democratic meaning of Voting in an election? If Adam Oshomhole actually know the democratic Meaning of Voting He would Know Why some People adamantly refused to vote or participate in election process as well as Philosophically understand why some people in history vowed that If the person they voted into office disappointed the Nation they will Cut their Fingers and why?
Again Mr Adam should emancipated himself from Dillydallies selfish and unpatriotic political mentality and its BARBARISMS because there is No Moral and Legal Justification for Poisoning the Minds of teeming Young Nigerians that APC Inherited economy and political instabilities of PDP in their over 7years in government.
It is democratically wrong and barbaric for any government to openly says it inherited Problems in as much as it also inherited some key areas of the good legacies of the past government therefore if any government could inherited the glory of past government it must also accept the possible leadership errors of past government too.
This political abnormalities and its unpatriotic mentality displayed by Adam Oshiomhole are the main reasons behind Why Some young Nigerians whom Majority of them are below 20years while some are below 15years or 10years including some about 30years or above 30years with the unjustifiable and unreasonable mentality of blaming, accusing, ridiculing and mocking The patriotic integrities of Past Nigerian President/Head of States as responsible to Nigeria problems by turned the reputation of these Nigerians Heroes of unquestionable integrities to subjects of ridicules which are bad omen to the democratic future of any Nation.
How could Young Nigerians above 30years or below 30yaers and those below 20years whom Majority of them can not identified Gen. IBB picture or Known anything about His legacies when in office Blame him for Nigeria problems?
How could these young Nigerians whom most of them cannot identified Late Gen. Sani Abacha picture or known anything about legacies when in office strongly believed the alleged ABACHA LOOT? ETC. Or are these Past Military Head of States democratically elected? Why Nigerians still Blaming them till today?