A former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council and Director of Civil Society, Hajia Najaatu Mohammed, has again lampooned Bola Tinubu, saying the former Lagos State governor is a product of propaganda of the Lagos-Ibadan press.
He accused Bola Ahmed Tinubu of literally buying the APC presidential ticket as he financially induced APC governors to emerge as the party’s flagbearer at the primaries.
Recall that Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed had last Saturday announced her resignation from the APC campaign organization and the ruling party.
The former director had stated that her conscience would not allow her to continue in the APC PCC, claiming that Tinubu was too sick and possibly suffering from Alzheimer’s disease as he could not hold a teacup when she visited him in London some time ago.
Speaking in an interview with ThisDay, Mohammed said Tinubu’s gaffes and blunders showed that he is incapable of presiding over the affairs of the nation.
According to her, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would have been a better choice given Tinubu’s poor health.
Disclosing that the party primary election was a cash-and-carry exercise, she said, “You see, there is nothing like democracy in this democratic system. The whole thing is a hoax. I will tell you, for instance, what happened in their primary election. People were given ballot papers with Asiwaju written on it. That was what happened, and we saw a clip in which governors were collecting money. It’s so shameful. It’s a disgrace.
“Yes, collecting money, sharing money given to them by Asiwaju. It is such a disgrace. It is the first time that I have heard or seen such. At least in this dispensation, I have been in politics for decades, I was born into it. But this is the first time that a presidential candidate will be sponsoring governors.
“This is what is happening. So, you see, Asiwaju is synonymous with money. So, for God’s sake, if all it takes is money, then, what else will he do when he takes over power? It’s for him to retrieve his money. It is not even about Egbe Omo Oduduwa, Osinbajo is, even more Egbe Omo Oduduwa than Tinubu.
“He’s a Professor, he’s brilliant. For few weeks he was given to govern this country, he did a great job. But the Lagos-Ibadan press, they said all sort of things against him. Tinubu controls the strongest propaganda machine in this country, which is the Lagos–Ibadan press.”