365NEWS gathered that A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and one of the governorship aspirants during 2023 elections in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, on Monday, cautioned President Bola Tinubu from toeing path of an ingrate.
Otunba Showunmi said that President Tinubu can not afford to be a betrayal of the trust the north has in the south as far as managing the political landscape of Nigeria is concerned.
Showunmi condemned Tinubu’s total neglect of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, the former governors of Kaduna and Kogi States, respectively, despite working tirelessly to ensure that the former governor of Lagos emerged last February as the new President of Nigeria.
The PDP chieftain disclosed this in a statement titled “This Madness Must Stop” and made available to journalists on Monday.
Showunmi accused Tinubu of allowing the former Kogi governor to suffer unnecessary humiliation at the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission despite his invaluable contribution to actualising Tinubu’s presidency, while other former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party are allowed to stroll all over the town.
Showunmi said this amounts to highest of treachery and betrayal of trust reposed in a political leader.
He said “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.
“It seems President Bola Tinubu is unmindful of this and its consequences.
“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 disorganised 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.
“Pray, is that the same GYB that is embarrassed to the level we are all witnessing? If this is not a betrayal, I would like someone to tell me what can be a betrayal more than this.
“Without fanning the embers of discord, must everyone who worked hard with you to get the seat become minimized by those around you who are using the agencies under your control?”
He said, “The issues from the Awolowo era have not been resolved with other tribes, especially the Igbos, who to date see Yorubas in a bad light but for the efforts of men like Obasanjo, Pa Adebanjo, and to a lesser extent myself, who have demanded that fair is fair.”
Showunmi warned Tinubu not to break a long-term understanding between Yorubas and the north by disrespecting or betraying people like El-Rufai and Bello, who supported his presidential aspiration, especially against their northern brothers, Atiku and Kwakwanso.
He urged the President to waste no further time correcting these ills, as this might result in mistrust between the North and the South, especially in future political alliances.
