The coalition for United Political Parties,
CUPP, has called on the Governor of Lagos State Akinwumi Ambode, to resist
alleged precondition for seeking re-election given to him by the leadership of
the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state.
According to CUPP, President
Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
were “involved in Tinubu’s plot to make Lagos ungovernable if Ambode fails to
sign the anti-people pre-condition for re-election support.”
CUPP, in a statement signed by
its first National Spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, and made available to
reporters Friday morning, also called on the people of Lagos State to firmly
resist those it described as ” rampaging army of modern-day slavedrivers who
misrepresent democracy with civilian tyranny.”
The coalition called on the
embattled Governor to take a stand by rejecting the terms which it alleged were
being spelt for him by the party and its National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
for seeking reelection in office as governor.
“We, therefore, urge Governor
Akinwumi Ambode to take a stand and be counted among the democrats. He must
realize that the fate of Nigeria’s commercial capital rests upon his shoulders
and that he is ultimately answerable to a vast majority of Lagosians who will
want to know why he jettisoned the mandate freely given to him without as much
as a whimper,” the statement added.
“The people of Lagos must firmly
resist the rampaging army of modern-day slave drivers who misrepresent
democracy with civilian tyranny. Lagos is nobody’s personal fiefdom.
“The CUPP has watched with keen
interest the unfolding political drama in Lagos State where the vaunting
interest of one man is threatening the political stability of the commercial
centre of Nigeria while the President watches uncaringly with toothpick in
between his lips.
“The same party which promised
change; having a chairman with labour background and a President who
undeservedly ascribes integrity to his name, idly stands by while one man
sustains his stranglehold on Lagos; apportioning political offices and
dictating who becomes and who does not become what in Lagos State. This is the
colour of the APC democracy!
“Reports emanating from several
reliable sources from meetings held to tighten the grip of the National Leader
of the APC on the treasury of Lagos State include such obnoxious conditions
that Governor Akinwumi Ambode must sign an undated resignation letter which he
would submit to the APC leadership before he would be supported to run for his
second term in office.
“The reverbrating silence that
has greeted this inexplicable impunity shows that the highest echelon of the
party including the President and the National Chairman, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole are party to this hideous violation of the agelong tenets of
democracy.
“Needless to mention the grand
plot to sustain the institutionalized plundering of the resources of Lagos
State.
“The second condition is that the
Governor would not be involved in the nomination process of all the candidates
of his party for the House of Assembly. Such crude disenfranchisement insults
the person of Ambode and denigrates the office of the governor. This is also to
ensure that his impeachment goes through easily if he declines to sign the
resignation letter.
“While the last condition is that
the Governor will always have to consult the National Leader of APC, Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu and obtain his approval whenever he wants to carry out any major
project in Lagos State.
“It is a sad day for democracy;
and mostly unfortunate that our democracy has been so trivialized that it has
been privatized with the stake and aspirations of the people of Lagos state
rendered inconsequential.
“It’s neither surprising that the
usually garrulous National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiohmole couldn’t find
words for the travesty playing out in Lagos state nor is it strange in the
least that the President who feigns ignorance even in issues of national
importance is mum to the ridiculing of democracy in Lagos state.
“Apparently, it is convenient for
the President to continue to play the ostrich in the misguided hope that Tinubu
will be the political asset he needs to keep his doomed second term bid alive
in the South West.
“Soon Mr. President and his party
will realize how much they have squandered their goodwill and abused the
mandate given by Lagosians and Nigerians.
“Sadly, under APC, Lagos has
become a study in infamy. There is no better definition of voodoo politics than
for a person who does not enjoy the mandate of the people to be the person
dispensing the mandate. This is an all-time low and shows that the APC is a
political party by day and a ravenous cult group by night.
“Sitting comfortably to share the
common patrimony of all Lagosians without batting an eyelid as to the feelings
and reactions of Lagosians is the height of impunity.
“It was such full-blown
exhibition of arrogance and mean-spiritedness occasioned by the serial looting
of the commonwealth of Lagosians that led the National Leader of APC to declare
in one of their disorganized campaign outings in Osun State that he was richer
than Osun State.
“Expectedly, it is consequent
upon this vile utterance and the blatant ineptitude of the APC across the country
that the people of Osun State have resolved to punish the APC for the
insensitivity of flaunting their squandermania mentality in a state as
dignified as Osun state.
“The CUPP hereby urges Lagosians
and indeed voters all over the country to go and collect their PVC preparatory
to enforcing the quit notice on APC in 2019.
“No other party and no other time
in history have our countrymen been visited with such pain, misery and despair
as currently being served on our people by the APC.
“The APC is undeserving of votes,
and the sophistication of the good people of Lagos has been tasked and
challenged by this devilish plot and we hope Lagosians will respond
appropriately with their votes against the marauding anti-people forces of the
APC.
“We, therefore, urge Governor
Akinwumi Ambode to take a stand and be counted among the democrats. He must
realize that the fate of Nigeria’s commercial capital rests upon his shoulders
and that he is ultimately answerable to a vast majority of Lagosians who will
want to know why he jettisoned the mandate freely given to him without as much
as a whimper.
“The people of Lagos must firmly
resist the rampaging army of modern day slave-drivers who misrepresent
democracy with civilian tyranny. “Lagos is nobody’s personal fiefdom.”
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