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From Ndubusi Orji, Abuja
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Otunba Segun Showunmi, has admonished President Bola Tinubu not to antagonise All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders from the North, who supported his emergence as president in the 2023 election.
Showunmi, a statement, said alleged ill treatment of the APC Northern leaders could breakbreak the long-term relationship between Yoruba and the North, who supported Tinubu in 2023, especially against their brothers -Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The PDP chieftain, who expressed dismay over the current travails of Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, former governors of Kaduna and Kogi states respectively, wondered if the President is interested in a second term in 2027.
According to him, “Nasir El-Rufai, say what you will about him, he supported Asiwaju fully during the primaries and the general elections. Pray how has he been treated? Same El-Rufai now has a security report that humiliated him during a Senate clearance made up of a majority of Tinubu men! What would the world call that but betrayal?
“Now Yahaya Adoza Bello who practically fought like a madman to give Asiwaju good numbers in Kogi not to talk of how he funded and ran the youth campaign with vigour and energy to the extent that I was so jealous compared to the disorganized charade of my PDP.
“Same Yahaya Bello who superintend over the membership registration of APC that to date I cannot but remember comparing the bliss and pageantry to the joke that my PDP ran under the Edo emperor. ”
He added “upon reflection on the trajectory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his journey to the presidency, I find my mind wondering if my Yoruba Uncle is still the same person that I have always known and admired.
“You might need to think through this to understand me. The Yorubas already carry misconceptions about betrayal, that we don’t keep our end of the bargain. That we use and dump people. That we are cunning around the power play.
“Except Olusegun Obasanjo who as both in and outside power as military and civilian head of state kept his side of the agreement with his partners who got him into power.”
