Chatham House speech: Atiku ally slams APC for 'window dressing' Tinubu
The director of strategic communications for the People's Democratic Party's National Election Management Committee, Dele Momodu, on Tuesday chastised the All Progressives Congress for "dressing" its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, during this which he called the former Lagos governor's unimpressive engagement with his audience at Chatham House, UK, on Monday.
Tinubu's performance continued to elicit mixed reactions, particularly from Nigerian opposition parties who were unimpressed with the candidate's decision to ask some of the questions the public asked him to a handful of APC leaders, including Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi.
In an article titled, “Weep not for Tinubu but for Nigeria,” Momodu chastised the former senator's handlers for causing Nigeria “a huge embarrassment on the world stage.”
“Call it what you will, what happened at Chatham House, London, yesterday (Monday), was a complete charade. a runaway invalid. It would have been better to present him as a brilliant politician and administrator, warts and all, capable of independent thought. No man is perfect. His blunders would have been more forgivable and acceptable. He was expected to sells its own vision and mission.
"But what we saw yesterday was a theater of the absurd. It brought back memories of our great former President Umaru Yar 'Adua and how he mysteriously disappeared from radar and some of his aides I was one of those who led the 'Enough is Enough' protest against the Yar'Adua cabal in Abuja in 2010. What was unacceptable then is even more so now in hindsight Our country must be placed above friendship.
"The truth is that Nigeria's problem is often compounded by the voluptuous ambitions of certain cronies who wish to remain eternally relevant in the corridors of power at the expense of the long-suffering nation," he said, adding that “everyone around Tinubu yesterday knew the bitter truth but chose to deceive Nigerians.”
He continued, "One of them was heard in a viral video telling Tinubu to dance to the popular song 'Buga' by Kizz Daniel because 'that's what young people want to see', and lo and behold, Tinubu instantly transformed into an accomplished choreographer.
"It is very sad and unfortunate that every time we think that Nigeria can never sink deeper into the abyss, something happens that brings us out of that assumption and complacency. "
The director of strategic communications for the People's Democratic Party's National Election Management Committee, Dele Momodu, on Tuesday chastised the All Progressives Congress for "dressing" its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, during this which he called the former Lagos governor's unimpressive engagement with his audience at Chatham House, UK, on Monday.
Tinubu's performance continued to elicit mixed reactions, particularly from Nigerian opposition parties who were unimpressed with the candidate's decision to ask some of the questions the public asked him to a handful of APC leaders, including Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi.
In an article titled, “Weep not for Tinubu but for Nigeria,” Momodu chastised the former senator's handlers for causing Nigeria “a huge embarrassment on the world stage.”
“Call it what you will, what happened at Chatham House, London, yesterday (Monday), was a complete charade. a runaway invalid. It would have been better to present him as a brilliant politician and administrator, warts and all, capable of independent thought. No man is perfect. His blunders would have been more forgivable and acceptable. He was expected to sells its own vision and mission.
"But what we saw yesterday was a theater of the absurd. It brought back memories of our great former President Umaru Yar 'Adua and how he mysteriously disappeared from radar and some of his aides I was one of those who led the 'Enough is Enough' protest against the Yar'Adua cabal in Abuja in 2010. What was unacceptable then is even more so now in hindsight Our country must be placed above friendship.
"The truth is that Nigeria's problem is often compounded by the voluptuous ambitions of certain cronies who wish to remain eternally relevant in the corridors of power at the expense of the long-suffering nation," he said, adding that “everyone around Tinubu yesterday knew the bitter truth but chose to deceive Nigerians.”
He continued, "One of them was heard in a viral video telling Tinubu to dance to the popular song 'Buga' by Kizz Daniel because 'that's what young people want to see', and lo and behold, Tinubu instantly transformed into an accomplished choreographer.
"It is very sad and unfortunate that every time we think that Nigeria can never sink deeper into the abyss, something happens that brings us out of that assumption and complacency. "
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