Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will short change the north for his own gains describing his support for the presidential candidate of the party, Gen Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) as a greek gift.
While speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said: “A man who could sell out his own party candidates can sell out anyone given the right price and political gains.
“Tinubu said with his own mouth at Onikan Stadium, Lagos yesterday that he was instrumental to the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 general election.
“He said: ‘In 2011, I helped Jonathan become president because he made us believe he was a breath of fresh air.’
“The implication of this is that Tinubu sold out the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, in 2011 just the way he sold out the Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in 2007.
“The North should know that Tinubu’s support for Buhari is a Greek gift. Tinubu only wants to corner the economy of Nigeria, using Buhari because he knows that he (Buhari) is weak and even at 41, his military government was run by his deputy, Tunde Idiagbon.
“Therefore, now that the Almighty Allah has made Tinubu to confess that he traded off Ribadu in 2011, I am calling on our brothers and sisters from the North to beware of this political merchant, who is only out to short change the North for his own gains.”