Following
the mass protest that took place across the states, APC Chieftain Bola
Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to the call being made by the protesters.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
came out to address irate #IStandWithNigeria protesters on a peaceful
march in Lagos. The protesters were led by Moremi Ojudu, daughter of the
Special Adviser to President Buhari on Political Matters, Senator
Babafemi Ojudu.
Tinubu while addressing the protesters urged them to exercise
patience as the government tries to clean up the system. He said the
ruin of 16years orchestrated by the Peoples Democratic Party cannot be
cleaned up in 4 years. Most of the Nigerians who were already tired of
hearing the same line felt disappointed.
He said he is not worried about the exchange rate at N500/$1.
Crowd of protesters came out to participate in the planned nationwide protest even after Tuface Idibia pulled out.
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Earlier, Moremi Ojudu called out the Tinubu for selling Nigerians
using Lagos as a model. Below is the letter she wrote to Tinubu.
‘A LETTER TO ASIWAJU BOLA TINUBU (We want a ‘Change’ – You sold us Nigeria using Lagos as a Model:
Greetings sir,
Permit me to take the liberty of your well established role as a
political gadfly to write to you over sundry issues that ails our
country, Nigeria. It is discernible that the economic/economy ails badly
and our politics continues in its well established toxic-nature even as
assurances are given to the contrary by the current political
leadership. I don’t need to tell you of the democratization of hunger,
depression and general discontent which has manifested in very grave
security challenges stalking and threatening to torpedo the already
fragile Lugardian house.
Your antecedence as a worthy touch-bearer of ennobling ideals,
especially on democracy, rule of law, federalism and bantering of ideas
with heavy dose of respect for the best is currently under threat and I
wonder, perhaps if you who inflamed the younger generation with courage,
determination and radicalism would want history to say otherwise of
you.
You have laboured your entire political career and have won the
respect and admiration of even your fiercest opponents because of power
of conviction by which you have espoused with insight the
afore-mentioned ideals but currently, since the party, the All
Progressive Congress, (APC), came to power in the historic election of
2015, there seems to be a gradual withering of your ideals, perhaps in
your well-meaning desire to help put your party on very strong footing.
Alas, the ship of state is currently sailing into an avoidable
storm because the current leadership of the country which is enamoured
to anachronistic methods of running a multi-ethnic, religious and
politically sensitive state such as ours. The President’s disposition to
issues of governance is not inspiring to say the least and this is
without malice or prejudice to his best of intentions. Hence, we ask
whence cometh the change we voted for in 2015.
Looking around and in fervent discussions with lots of friends and
acquaintances, it appears we have invested our hope and return on
investment is not commensurate. This is my personal opinion and I
would continue to pray that I am wrong but something within me
tells me loud and clear, that I am right and that it might grow worse
with time.
‘Asiwaju’ Sir, I am afraid at this discovery and impelled to ask
your intervention as we continue to drift in the wilderness of economic
hardship and political uncertainty. Your astuteness and political savvy
acquired and exhibited over two decades is at stake, so is your
reputation as a progressive. We are calling upon you to do what you are
endowed by providence to do.
Accept the assurances of my continued best wishes.
Moremi Ojudu’
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