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| Tinubu & Ambode. |
I'm
not an Akinwunmi Ambode person, and that is public knowledge. But it will be
utterly unfair for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to force him to a primary, when the
practice has always been that governors of the party are given the right of
first refusal across the nation. The choice of direct primary is clearly
designed to humiliate him, because even governors, who failed to win their
second term election didn't have to struggle for their tickets in the
party.
I
can't comprehend the logic behind it except that it is a grossly dishonest
choice, informed by sheer political greed. The same Tinubu who allegedly asked
some prospective aspirants to a particular senatorial seat in the state to back
off, because the present occupant deserves the right of first refusal? And a
few weeks to the primary, a Lagos governor does not know his fate? Haba!
Now,
the leader will hide under the facade of following party's decision to teach
the governor some lessons, because, like it or not, it is who they allow to
vote that would vote and the outcome is inevitably guided. Watch out for the
guidelines soon. You will be stunned!
Pray
Ambode does not make it at the primary otherwise, we will be here to analyse
the consequences, going forward. Recall I said recently that the process is the
only thing that has changed as far as direct primary is concerned, albeit in
name. The result will always be at the behest of the leader. The message is
one: 'Baba so pe' and the followers will go in one straight line. Just another
"ziggy" in the offing!
Perhaps,
Ambode too would have learnt a lesson or two, both in human relations and
political strategy. He set the tone for the corner he is boxed today from the
word go. His vindictive disposition and needless disregard for the political
class except Tinubu might have come to haunt him.
Anyway,
welcome to Lagos, Nigeria's most cosmopolitan city, where the educated have
been hypnotised into political zombies by one man.
Olaleye
Olawale writes for ThisDay Newspaper.
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