There was a time when Femi Fani-Kayode,
the spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential
campaign organisation was in awe of Bola Tinubu, the APC leader. On one
occasion, he listed Tinubu’s name among six others including Muhammadu
Buhari, IBB and Atiku ABubakar, who Pres. Goodluck Jonathan had to
prostrate to and plead with so he could be forgiven. At another
occasion, he tweeted how he was “popping champagne” by Bola Tinubu’s
pool side at his residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi. Nowadays, they are in different camps,
and last night Fani-Kayode launched a verbal attack on the APC
presidential ticket by insisting that Tinubu was up to no good because
he wants to take over power through the back door. FFK alleged that the
APC vice presidential candidate, Yemi Osinbajo, has signed a pact with
Tinubu to resign if Buhari wins so that Tinubu can take over, and
ultimately become president considering what he called Buhari’s health
issues.
FFK read a speech he titled, “APC is Selling a Dummy to The Whole World; Tinubu is The Real Candidate”.
He said, “Since the formation of the
APC, it has been an open secret that Tinubu is its national leader and
also its biggest financier. The question that should agitate every
Nigerian is why Tinubu has been investing heavily in the APC
presidential project to such a point that he has single-handed produced
the joint presidential ticket of Buhari and Osinbajo.
“It should baffle well-meaning Nigerians
why Tinubu has decided to draft Buhari, despite his age, acrimonious
background and questionable health status, into the presidential race
whilst ensuring that his stooge, Osinbajo was foisted on the general as
vice presidential candidate.
“The PDPPCO wishes to use this forum to
expose the ungodly plan by Tinubu to seize the presidency of Nigeria by
subterfuge. You will recall how Tinubu wanted to be the running mate to
Buhari in spite of the nationwide resentment for Muslim-Muslim ticket
that he and Buhari planned to foist on their party. Tinubu had justified
the ticket by saying that competence was the important thing and not
the issue of religion.”
Fani-Kayode alleged that when Tinubu and
Buhari could not push through the agenda within the APC, he (Tinubu),
after being given the opportunity to nominate a vice presidential
candidate, decided to prop up his stooge in the person of Osinbajo.
He said: “Now the real reason Tinubu
nominated Osinbajo has been made known to us and we hereby offer a
public service to the Nigerian people by drawing national attention to
it. Credible pieces of information at our disposal indicate that Tinubu
has perfected plans to come to power through the back door.
“Tinubu, according to our information,
has compelled Osinbajo to swear to an oath that after six months in
office, he would resign as the vice president, in the unlikely event
that their party wins. The wicked plot, as laid out by them, is to
force Osinbajo to resign for Tinubu to be nominated by Buhari as his
replacement.
“The ultimate objective of this plot is
to ensure that Tinubu becomes President. The script is simple: given the
questionable health of Buhari, Tinubu who is desperate to be president
for his own selfish reasons will simply bid his time in the evil
expectation that Buhari will not be able to go the whole hog.
“How wicked can those that hatched this
plan be? How unfair can they be to the North, to Buhari and to
Nigerians? We wish Buhari long life. Tinubu’s dangerous plan is about
getting power. This is sad. No thoroughbred Yoruba man or indeed
Nigerian wants to get power through the misfortune of another person.
“But this is the perfidious path that
Tinubu is passing through. This is repugnant. It will interest you to
know that our information is strengthened by the very similar act of
resignation which Tinubu had planned to force on Pastor Tunde Bakare
which you can all watch now.”
Fani-Kayode played footage on YOUTUBE of
Pastor Bakare’s interview where he openly admitted that he refused to
sign a resignation letter that would have seen him hand over his vice
presidential position had Buhari been successful in his presidential
campaign in 2011.
He said further: “Becoming the vice
president is not the destination but becoming the president! The agenda
of the cabal within the APC is with the perceived health challenges of
Buhari. They have told themselves in hushed tones that he has prostate
cancer, acute asthma and that he suffers from dementia. This is their
assessment and not ours. We do not know how true this is or what the
nature of his illness is and neither are we interested. All these
allegations of ill-health, to the cabal provide the justification for
their evil plan.
“All structures around Buhari are all
Tinubu’s structures. All the actors around Buhari that are driving his
campaign behind the scenes are all Tinubu’s men. Most of the covert
funding for this campaign comes from Tinubu’s friend outside the country
and from Tinubu himself.
“So, if he becomes President, Buhari
will become virtually incapacitated and he will not be the one running
the government. Those behind this plan would now be waiting for Buhari
to pass on. That is what Tinubu want to do to the North and to Nigeria.
“We have deemed it fit to let the whole
world know why the leadership of the APC is desperate for power and why
the cabal controlling the APC is hell bent to ensure that General Buhari
becomes president. Our candid advice to Buhari is: Watch Your Back. Our
prayer is that God will save Nigeria from desperate politicians.
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