Veteran journalist and politician Dele Momodu has faulted
the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum to reject
the opposition coalition headed by its former presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar.
Momodu said that by refusing to join the opposition
coalition, PDP governors may be working in favour of President Bola Tinubu’s
administration.
Recall that Atiku, former Kaduna State governor Nasir
El-Rufai, and former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, had
announced the formation of an opposition coalition.
However, the PDP Governors’ Forum, after its meeting in
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, stated it would not join the coalition.
Meanwhile, Momodu, while appearing on Arise TV’s Prime Time
on Monday evening, said: “Opposition leaders are very determined to work
together this time around, the truth of the matter is that Atiku cannot do it
alone, Peter Obi cannot do it alone, and Kwankwaso cannot do it alone, and
whosoever wants to run.
“They have to find a way to pay the APC back in its own
coin. I was one of those who supported APC in 2014 and 2015, they are going to
pay them back in their own coin by at least trying to get a chunk of all the
parties including APC to come together.
“If our (PDP) governors are saying, ‘Oh, we don’t go into
coalitions,’ it means you are probably working for a Tinubu presidency.
“People must learn from history and I’m a good student of
political history, the only way Lagos State under Tinubu survived blistering
attack from Obasanjo’s government was because they were able to stand alone, a
bully only respect a bully.
“But all of us are already behaving like chicken, people
panic because of Tinubu, o they are going to use EFCC, they are going to arrest
me.
“The thing is that we all like to read about Mandela in
South Africa, we all read about the Mau Mau struggle, even in Nigeria, we had
the nationalists who struggled for our independence but everybody suddenly
feels power can be offered to you on a platter.
“But I can tell you that any governor, senator, or House
member who may be tempted to jump ship, may jump into the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean.
“That is why some of us are appealing to people that this
thing is doable if they agree to work together.”
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