Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Conduct Is Becoming Unbecoming” – Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has slammed Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State over an alleged divisive statement.
Recall that Obaseki had warned that Nigeria will breakup if the former Governor of Lagos State wins the 2023 presidential election.
Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, the Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, described Obaseki as a purveyor of ill-will and disunity, adding that the governor’s statement is divisive, irresponsible and reckless.
The APC chieftain said he was not surprised by the statement made by the Edo governor because he is “toxic, divisive and obnoxious”, adding he lacks the qualities expected of a person occupying the office of a governor.
Onanuga also denied the claim that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been printing money to pay Federal Allocations to states.
He said, “For a man who swore an oath of allegiance to the sovereignty and unity of Nigeria to be a purveyor of ill-will towards the same country because of partisan politics smirks of total irresponsibility and recklessness unbecoming of a governor who has a constitutionally sanctioned duty to preserve the unity and indivisibility of Nigeria.
“It is worth stating that we are not in any way surprised about Obaseki’s outburst about Nigeria’s breaking. He is, by nature, a divisive, obnoxious and toxic human being that lacks introspection and contemplation expected of a person occupying the office of a governor. He is obviously a man bereft of any iota of emotional intelligence and perhaps a misfit for the role he currently occupies.
“At his ill-fated event in Benin yesterday, Obaseki also repeated the earlier false claim he made in April 2021 on Nigeria’s debt and his accusation that CBN was printing money to share directly to state governments, as if state finance commissioners hauled the billions of naira that is due to them by cash from Abuja every month. Only a disconnected and diseased mind could imagine this scenario that Obaseki concocted.
“The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele debunked his lies in a manner that portrayed him as a nitwit, cheap liar and busybody who was just playing to the gallery. What a pity for a man who claimed to have financial background”.
Onanuga said Obaseki while playing his politics without honour and integrity, didn’t remember to tell his crowd that Edo State benefited and took advantage of all the CBN/FGN windows and interventions via loans, restructuring of loans.
