Naja’atu explains how Tinubu is not capable to rule Nigeria
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
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“Asiwaju [Tinubu] 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 ….
“I have not spoken to anyone, both in or outside APC, from up North, that I know that has told me or that believes Asiwaju is capable. But all they are saying is that you know we have to get something out of it.”
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Naja’atu Mohammed, former insider in the Bola Tinubu orbit, has laid bare how the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate allegedly bribed Governors to clinch the party’s ticket in the primary held last June.
Naja’atu, 67, resigned as APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Civil Society Director on 21 January saying she could no longer cope with the “robes that politicians wear to serve their personal needs and interests.”
Three days after her resignation, Team Tinubu riposted on 24 January claiming she was sacked for incompetence and tried to rubbish her without addressing the substance of her allegations, a tactics also used by Muhammadu Buhari’s henchmen.
Naja’atu then doubled down the same day to provide details of her discomfort with Tinubu in an interview with ThisDay.
She alleged Tinubu gave money to Governors to ensure his victory at the APC primary, which she described as “shameful”.
She said Tinubu’s gaffes and blunders in his campaign appearances expose his ill health and incapability to rule Nigeria.
Naja’atu argued Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would have been a better choice and dismissed supporters of Tinubu as greedy and interested only in his bullion van.
“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 [APC] primary election.
“People were given ballot papers with Asiwaju [Tinubu] 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,” she told ThisDay.
“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.”
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Tinubu not capable to rule Nigeria
“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,” Naja’atu said, per ThisDay.
“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 the few weeks he was given to govern this country, he did a great job.
“But the Lagos-Ibadan press, they said all sorts of things against him. Tinubu controls the strongest propaganda machine in this country, which is the Lagos–Ibadan press.
“Let me tell you why they are following Asiwaju, they know that he’s incapable.
“They know that he can’t decipher, they know that there is something seriously wrong with his brain. It is like they say in Hausa, somebody will hold the horn, and you will be milking.
“So, all of these people talking all these nonsense know that he’s incapable, know that he’s handicapped, but they also know that he’s already a cabal that they can depend on for the piece of a pie. No more, no less.
“I want to tell you that I have not spoken to anyone, both in or outside APC, from up North, that I know that has told me or that believes Asiwaju is capable. But all they are saying is that you know we have to get something out of it.
“The problem is extreme selfishness.
“All these people that you are talking about are thinking of themselves as individuals, their personal interest; they don’t have the country at heart. That is why I said I have to follow my conscience because I cannot afford … in fact, to be silent is criminal.
“This is my position. Anyone that refuses to talk when they are supposed to talk is either a hypocrite or a coward or both. So, that is why I took the position I took.
“These people that you are talking about, in Hausa, we say they are the plugs from North to South. But they are an insignificant minority and the voice of the generality of Nigerians that they have allowed themselves to be pulled by the nose, some out of ignorance, some out of tribal or religious sentiments.
Muslim-Muslim ticket
“Let me tell you what our prophet said, when they said Muslim-Muslim ticket … because Islam is explicit on the question of leadership. What it says is a chosen atheist is better than an unjust Muslim.
“The first law chosen by God is the law in which Allah himself put on himself. The first law was that if he had denied himself the right to oppress, that is the law and then he went on to say that he had denied injustice within my creation.
“So, what are we talking about, what the hell about Muslim-Muslim [ticket].
“It started the day he made that declaration in Ogun when he said it is his turn. By saying that, it means that Nigeria has become the personal property of some people.
“It is like … you pound the yam now, you cut your own, you eat you own, now it is time to cut my own. That was what he said and that is what he meant.
“I excused that because in life, you have to be patient, you have to use your wisdom.
Offer of appointment
“I didn’t partake in any of their activities and then they called me to be the director of the civil society organisations, which I rejected. Having rejected it, they started to plead with me, please in the name of God, please take it.
“I said I don’t want to take it because I haven’t sat with Asiwaju to actually tell me what he has for us, particularly, up North, and I don’t want to be arrogant.
“So to cut a long story short, we agreed that I will be sitting with Asiwaju as soon as possible and if I am not satisfied with what he tells me, then, I can opt out.
“And that is why if you noticed, when they put my name – two names were put – I was made a co-director in case I rejected it, they still have a director, so that I wouldn’t be embarrassing them if I turned them down.
No blueprint for the North
“I went to London the next day to see Asiwaju on his invitation, because he called me to say Naja, I appreciate your stand that you rejected the appointment. I said yes sir, because I can’t be a zombie at this point in time, I have to know what you have for us, then he said if I can come to London.
“I took a flight the next day and went to see him in London and we sat down for two hours.
“The first question I asked him was what he has for us up North, he told me point blank that he didn’t have anything. I asked him, I said sir, you mean you don’t have a blueprint, he said no! I cannot have a blueprint until I win the election.
“I said sir, if we wait for you to win the election, there will be a lot of distraction, you have to have a blueprint. You have to be able to tell us what you intend to do.
“I said we have so many problems, aren’t you aware of the insecurity? Aren’t you aware of out-of-school kids? Aren’t you aware of the hunger? That people cannot go to the farms?
“He said, look Naja, if you can, please write out what you want so that I can put it in my manifesto. I was angry, [but] I still remain patient. I left him, I stayed back in London.
“I mobilised our people and we came out with some demands so to say.
“Till date, sir, they have refused me to see Asiwaju and give it to him. I did everything possible, I haven’t seen Asiwaju; I haven’t sat with Asiwaju since then. They didn’t allow me to see him. The man is caged.”