{"id":1587,"date":"2013-04-06T08:41:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/presidency-pdp-slam-tinubu-over-anti-jonathan-comment\/"},"modified":"2013-04-06T08:41:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T08:41:04","slug":"presidency-pdp-slam-tinubu-over-anti-jonathan-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/presidency-pdp-slam-tinubu-over-anti-jonathan-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency, PDP slam Tinubu over anti-Jonathan comment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Presidency on Friday slammed a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for his Thursday\u2019s comment on President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n

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Tinubu had at a lecture held to celebrate the 60th birthday anniversary of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State in Benin City, criticised Jonathan for allegedly presiding over the establishment of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors\u2019 Forum as a counterweight to the Nigerian Governors\u2019 Forum, which cuts across party lines.<\/p>\n

The national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria accused the President of allegedly dividing the governors just because they had the temerity to oppose the Excess Crude Account.<\/p>\n

Tinubu said he was ashamed of the President for presiding over the creation of the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, adding that by his actions, Jonathan was not promoting democracy.<\/p>\n

But the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, in an interview with our correspondent, said he was shocked at Tinubu\u2019s utterances.<\/p>\n

This statement means Tinubu is not a leader, it means he should not be followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President is the father of this nation; he represents the sovereignty of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Friday, questioned the motive of the ACN leader in his comments about the PDPGF.<\/p>\n

Metuh described Tinubu\u2019s comments as \u201ccontrary to the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of association.\u201d<\/p>\n

PDP said, \u201cSince the inception of the current democratic dispensation, governors have had several groups where they meet to aggregate their common interests. We have governors of the ACN always meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have groups like the Northern Governors Forum, South East Governors Foum, South South Governors Forum and so on. What is the idea behind Tinubu\u2019s attack on the PDPGF? It goes to show the absence of democratic tenets in him for him to attempt to prevent Nigerian citizens from associating with one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

When contacted, Tinubu\u2019s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kunle Abimbola, referred Punch to the former governor\u2019s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Sunday Dare.<\/p>\n

However, calls to Dare\u2019s phone indicated that it was switched off.<\/p>\n

Punch<\/p>\n

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