SIR: The seemingly ingrained tendency for human beings to so easily forget their antecedents, repay evil for good and seek to destroy those God chose to use as their benefactors never ceases to amaze me.
What is amazing is that most of those involved in the ‘Bring Tinubu down’ project are those who owe their political ascendancy to the Jagaban. The prominent and enviable positions they occupy today is due, apart from God, to Asiwaju who identified their talents, recognized their capacities and decided to back their political careers with his time, energy, intellect and financial resources.
Despite the treachery of such people, they are at least living testaments to Asiwaju’s acumen for identifying, hunting for and nurturing leadership materials. Incidentally, former Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal and former Speaker House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, duo were beneficiaries of Asiwaju’s strategic and material support. In the process, the Jagaban stepped on several toes.
I only laugh when those who are beneficiaries of his so called ‘imposition’ of candidates for elections accuse Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of having a ‘domineering attitude’. They do not know the man. Yes, he stands strongly and forcefully by any idea or ideal he believes in. But nothing delights him better than a debate over issues and he is always ready to bow to superior opinion.
The Asiwaju they don’t know takes politics seriously as a vehicle for national reinvention and transformation. Asiwaju prepares with utmost commitment for every election taking every tactical and strategic step to ensure victory. Asiwaju never takes the electorate for granted.
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Asiwaju does not enjoy himself. He is not a member of a decadent elite that squander time cruising around the exotic beaches of the world. He is always burning the proverbial midnight oil working every day till the early hours of the morning.
The Asiwaju they don’t know genuinely believes in and loves people and this is not for politics. The Asiwaju they don’t know is ever eager to offer a helping hand to the needy, encourage the weak and raise those who are down. The Asiwaju they don’t know is a wizard in the art and science of financial management and economic rejuvenation.
As a trained journalist, I am always amazed at the depth of his expertise in the area of accountancy and economics. It is thus no wonder that, he laid the foundation for the Lagos that has become the cynosure of all eyes today.
For those who have made a vocation of the practice of bashing, insulting, derogating and undermining of Tinubu, I urge them to continue on their path. But they should remember that all those who have done so in the past have lived to regret it. He is what the Yoruba call ‘Akanda Eniyan’ – God’s special creation.
- Balogun Ibrahim,
Epe, Lagos state.