Mimiko Is A Betrayal: Tinubu
Former Lagos State
Governor Bola Tinubu has claimed that he supported Ondo State Governor
Olusegun Mimiko with millions of pounds in cash during the legal battle
to reclaim his mandate after the 2007 election in the state.
Tinubu made the
allegation during the Redemption Rally organised by the Action Congress
of Nigeria in Akure to mobilise support for the party’s candidate in
Saturday’s governorship election, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu.
The ACN leader said
Mimiko was economical with the truth when he claimed that he did not
receive money from him while the battle lasted.
Tinubu, who quoted
copiously from the Holy Bible while addressing the people, insisted that
he gave money and vehicles to Mimiko as part of his contribution.
He said, “Mimiko claimed
that I did not spend money when he had problems with his mandate, this
is not true. It is a lie. He came to me and begged me to support him,
rolling on the ground.
“He (Mimiko) claimed
that Wole Olanipekun was there when we were planning the strategy, this
is not correct. Rotimi Akeredolu was among the lawyers we organised for
him.
“He collected money from
me. I spent millions of pounds sterling but he betrayed me. It was Yemi
Osinbajo who travelled to Israel and other countries to arrange the
experts that helped him prosecute the case.
“People warned me not to
help him because of his antecedents of being a serial traitor. He
betrayed Adebayo Adefarati, Olusegun Agagu, and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
among others, but I still helped him.
“Mimiko has called me a
godfather, yes, I am a positive godfather and even, god fatherism is
biblical and that is why Christians refer to God as their father.
“I play god-fatherism in
the South-West for the good of our people. My godfatherism is for
progress, it is for mentoring. I have brought development to Oyo, Osun,
Ekiti, Lagos, Edo and Ogun states and the people are better for it.”
Tinubu condemned the
mega school concept of the Mimiko administration, saying the schools
were not meant for a low populated state like Ondo.
He said, “Mega school is
not meant for Ondo. You don’t have the population. The mega school
concept can only work in places like Lagos which is densely populated.
“Mimiko is just
deceiving you with his mega school idea. It cannot work. We build
millennium schools in Lagos where we have thousands of children. What
you have in Ondo is a deceit.”
The ACN National Leader
said Ondo would lose a lot if the people refused to put an ACN
government in place through their votes on Saturday.
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