WhyNigerians should reject Jonathan on February 14 –Tinubu

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asi­
waju Bola Tinubu, yesterday bombed President Goodluck
Jonathan for allegedly encouraging corruption in the country.
Speaking at the flag-off of re-election campaign of Oyo State
governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the Mapo Hill, Tinubu
flayed Jonathan for purportedly claiming that he did not know
that 400,000 barrels of oil were stolen from the country.
According to the former governor of Lagos State, Jonathan,
who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), must be voted out of office because he
reportedly claimed he was not aware that some people have
been stealing in his presence.
Tinubu, however, urged eligible voters in Oyo State to cast
their votes for Governor Ajimobi, who is the APC governorship
candidate in the state and the presidential candidate of the
party, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, during next month’s general
elections.
Tinubu, also took a swipe at the former governor of Oyo State,
Senator Rashidi Ladoja, who is the governorship candidate of
the Accord Party (AP). He stated that Ladoja was an ingrate
to APC and those of them that ensured his reinstatement
when he (Ladoja) was illegally impeached as governor in
2006. His words: “I stood behind Ladoja when he was
removed from office. I stood by him from Lagos and made
sure he was reinstated. We know how much we spent. We
brought Ajimobi and said you should support him as your
younger brother, who is intelligent and visionary, but you said
it is one Accord Party you hold. Accord Party is a party of
deception. We enjoin Ladoja to support his brother to win in
the February 28 election.”
Former governors of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi and Segun
Oni, also appealed to the electorate in the state to vote for
Buhari and Ajimobi.
Former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola,
who said he knew PDP inside out because he once acted as
its former national secretary, added: “Ajimobi should therefore
be allowed to complete all he had started. Jonathan has
completely got burnt (o ti jona tan), so don’t vote wrongly.
We should exhibit unity of purpose in the South West. Ensure
you get your voter card and vote for APC.”
In his speech, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State alleged
that proceeds from fraudulent sales of kerosene have been
used by the PDP to fund President Jonathan’s campaign team
and the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN).
“The Federal Government deliberately sells a litre of kerosene
to cronies at N40:90k while the cronies sell to marketers at
N95 per litre.