Comments on Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress Party.
Can two walk together except they agree, the Good Book asked. This question is worth a deep consideration than most people deem necessary. The association of Peter Obi with PDP until it became clear that the party’s presidential ticket has eluded him betrays the attitude of the unconscionable importer that he is contrary to what his supporters want us to believe.
No politician comfortable with PDP’S past as enablers of Boko Haram and spoilers of the economy is worthy of the office of the presidency of Nigeria come 2023. Certainly, APC and Buhari have not done better Tinubu’s role in the disastrous administration of Buhari excuses him from blame. Otherwise, we may as well blame everyone that voted Buhari to power. Let me quickly remind those with selective amnesia that not long ago, Tinubu was reputed to have been used by Buhari to attain power and ignored. So how do we justify turning around to blame him for the failure of this government? Make no mistake about my position on the self-serving ambition of Tinubu, irrespective of his expertise at evading exposure of his plumage of Lagos state resources. He is in the same league of politicians bent on perpetuating the suffering of the masses.
Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar are notorious flirts with political parties, unlike Tinubu that sought to build alliances in pursuit of his ambition. The fact that Peter Obi was comfortable in PDP four months ago is instructive to persons not under the euphoria and desperate search for a presidential candidate of Igbo extraction to reconsider their stance and rise from self-imposed slumber.
There is no gainsaying in coming to terms with the simple choice before Nigerians. It is expected of patriots to guide where they stand. The options before us are, however, regrettably reduced to these three establishment men. Subterfuges and dubious promotion of non-existent virtues will not suffice. These three prominent presidential candidates judging from their antecedents are incapable of salvaging Nigeria. They are the product of the establishment and lack the political will to confront those sworn to perpetuate the sufferings of Nigerians.
In contrast, Omoyele Sowore’s battle against bad governance can be traced to his days at the University of Lagos as the Student Union President and has not relented in his pursuit. He is a self-made man, an irrepressible pro-democracy fighter, detribalized and free from religion-sponsored debilitation of memory. It is high time the people took seriously the candidacy of Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC).
Tajudeen Oshibote
