President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said the insultive
\nstatements made against him in Ilorin today by former Governor of Lagos
\nState, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairmanof the All Progressives
\nCongress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole were expression of their frustration over
\nthe imminent loss of their party in next Saturday election.<\/p>\n
Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and
\nPublicity),Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that the APC leaders know that their
\nparty will sure lose the presidential and National Assembly elections on
\nFebruary 16, 2019 and that is why in their desperate mood they are only
\nhurling abuses instead of discussing issues and telling the people what
\nthey will do for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey came to Kwara State to hurl insults at me and my people, instead of
\nexplaining to the people what they want to do differently and what
\ncontributions their flagbearers and other leaders in the State have made
\nto our various communities to justify the people shifting their loyalty to
\ntheir dying party. They promised nothing concrete that will improve the
\nstandard of living of the people and provide infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have only come to Kwara to vindicate my position that they have no
\ngood plans for Kwara State and its people. It is obvious that the APC have
\nnothing to offer Kwarans. They represent nothing good for our people. My
\nproblem with them has always been that after we worked with our people to
\nsupport them to win in 2015, they refused to work on infrastructure and
\nother policy issues that can bring direct benefit to our people.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for Tinubu, we have never expected any good words from him. All his
\nlife, he will continue to belly ache and nurse grudges over my opposition
\nto the Muslim-Muslim ticket idea in 2015. As far as he is concerned, I
\nstopped him from realizing his ambition then. However, I believe my action
\nthen and now is in pursuit of national interest. Again, I supported
\nPresident Buhari in 2015 because I believe he could make a positive
\nchange. I left the party when I realized he lacked the capacity and the
\ndesire to make any change. Tinubu on his own part said though he agreed
\nwith me about my assessment of the man, he would continue to support
\nBuhari even if the man had to govern from the hospital stretcher because
\nthat is the way he ( Tinubu) could become the President in 2023. So, while
\nmy position is premised on national interest, Tinubu\u2019s is based on his
\npersonal interest and ambition. Now that Tinubu\u2019s new speciality is to
\nhurl insults at people like former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former
\nVice President Atiku Abubakar, focusing on me today is okay if it will
\nhelp him feel good.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is surprising that a man like Tinubu will be talking about morality
\nand corruption. This is a man whose disrepute is known both within and
\noutside Nigeria. This is somebody who personifies everything that is wrong
\nwith the Nigerian system. Well, I am not ready to roll in the gutter with
\nhim. Unlike them, I will stay on the issues that are germaine to national
\ndevelopment and the welfare of our people.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, let me make it clear that what Tinubu and his putative party
\nchairman, Oshiomhole did today is to insult the people of Kwara State who
\nare independent minded, forward looking, assertive and God- fearing. On
\nSaturday, the APC will be punished for their bad behaviour. Kwarans will
\ntell them that they cannot take dictates from power mongers, pretenders
\nand hypocrites. The people of Kwara State will never take dictates from
\nselfish individuals. Their evil design will be thwarted on Saturday and
\nMarch 3\u201d, Saraki stated.<\/p>\n
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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n