The feud between Senator Bola Tinubu and Senator-Elect Buruji Kashamu is raging on.
As you will recall, few days back Bola Tinubu blasted the controversial PDP politician and senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu stating that he (Tinubu) was not in need of praise-singing from someone who bought his election victory and is also wanted in the United States for drug related offences. And that he Buruji should first go to the US to clear his name.
Buruji Kashamu who is very unhappy with Tinubu's response replied him yesterday 21 April.
Please read his response below..........
Reacting, Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu said; ‘’My attention has been drawn
to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reaction to the innocuous congratulatory
messages that I sent to him and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
‘’First, I must say that I doubt if
the statement was approved by him. However, if it was, I must state that I am
taken aback by the unwarranted attacks against me as if we were still
campaigning.
It is unbecoming of someone of his stature and calibre. ‘’It is high time
politicians and leaders rose above petty issues and raise the bar in
constitutional democracy.
We should not just be democrats in words but also in deeds. We should play
politics without bitterness. ‘’ It is on record that no Nigerian politician has
taken former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the cleaners even as a sitting
President like Asiwaju Tinubu did. Yet, Chief Obasanjo forgave him.
As for me and Baba Obasanjo, he remains my father and leader, just as I am
his son and follower. At no time did I abuse Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. ‘’As a true
party man, I campaigned vigorously for my party and its candidates.
Now, the elections are over, and as a true sportsman, I thought I should
congratulate those who won. ‘’ Short of any praise-singing, what I said in the
congratulatory message that they chose to react to a week after it was
published was that there was no way anyone can wish away the achievements of
Asiwaju Tinubu in the nation’s political annals, particularly in Yoruba land.
Part of the message also reads: “Although I now belong to the opposition,
your achievements transcend political divides and I am not ashamed to publicly
acknowledge them.
“I salute your courage, commitment, doggedness, forthrightness and tenacity
of purpose even in the face of daunting opposition and challenges. “By your
sheer wit and unwavering commitment to democratic ethos, true federalism and
economic prosperity, you led the Alliance for Democracy (AD) from a one-party
state to a regional party, and now a national party that is about to form the
government at the centre.”
He therefore asked; ‘’How do these translate to praise-singing? Are they
not facts of history that I merely adumbrated? ‘’
He accused me of purchasing my election with money, the appropriate forum
to prove that is the election petitions tribunal and not the pages of
newspaper. ‘’
On the U.S case, I wish to state for the umpteenth time that the United
States as the bastion of democracy and the Rule of Law would not lend itself to
any form of abuse of the fundamental human rights of an innocent soul,
especially one that has been arrested, tried and freed by its most trusted ally
– the United Kingdom. ‘’
I am not running from any trial. All I have asked is for the relevant
parties to follow due process – if they believe that I yet have a case to
answer. ‘’ I believe in the supremacy of the almighty Allah who frustrates the
signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes
their knowledge foolish.
He is the ultimate decider of the fate of all mortals. When He says yes, no
man can say no and when He says no, no man can say yes! ‘’I stand with the
almighty Allah Subhana Wa Tala. He is the protector of all humans. He is my
refuge and shield. Let no one play God!’’ he said.
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