The Director, Strategic Communications of the National
Election Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dele
Momodu, Tuesday, chided the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate,
Bola Tinubu, over what he called his less than impressive engagement with his
audience at the Chatham House, United Kingdom, on Monday.
Momodu said chieftains of the APC were ‘window-dressing’
Tinubu on a global stage.
Tinubu’s performance has continued to draw mixed reactions,
particularly from the opposition parties who were left unimpressed by the
candidate’s decision to throw some of the
questions he was asked to the APC chieftains including the Kaduna State
governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and immediate past governor of Ekiti State,
Kayode Fayemi.
In a piece titled, “Weep not for Tinubu but Nigeria,’ Momodu
slammed the handlers of the former Lagos state governor for causing the nation
a huge embarrassment on a global stage.
“Call it what you will, what happened at Chatham House,
London, yesterday (Monday), was a complete charade. The Tinubu handlers
fumbled, and bungled it big time. They showcased him like a packaged invalid.
It would have been better to present him as a brilliant politician and
administrator, warts and all, who is capable of independent thoughts. No man is
perfect. His gaffes would have been more pardonable and acceptable. He was
expected to sell his own vision and mission.
“But what we saw yesterday was a theatre 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 governed by proxy. 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 unacceptable now with benefits of hindsight.
Our country should be placed above friendship.
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“Truth is, the problem of Nigeria is often aggravated by the
voluptuous ambitions of some acolytes who wish to remain eternally relevant in
the corridors of power at the expense of the long-suffering nation,” he said,
adding that “all those around Tinubu yesterday (Monday) knew the bitter truth
but chose to fool 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 the youths want to see,” and lo and behold, Tinubu instantly
transfigured into an accomplished choreographer.
“It is very sad, and unfortunate, that whenever we think
Nigeria can never sink deeper into the abyss, something occurs that jolts us
out of such assumptions and complacency.”
The PDP campaign spokesman recalled that seven years ago,
incumbent Commander-in-Chief did a good job when he appeared at the same venue
to engage with the global audience.
“I was with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), the day he visited Chatham
House seven years ago. He was solid and charismatic. He needed no one to prompt
him. He answered questions eloquently and intelligently to the best of his
abilities.
“That is what Tinubu was expected to accomplish yesterday
(Monday). What he did instead was like inviting helpers to sit the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board examination. It is horrifying to watch some
respected intellectuals like El-Rufai and Fayemi as they struggled to window
dress Tinubu on a much hallowed global stage,” he lamented.
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