A former Senator who represented Kogi East Senatorial District, Dr. Alex Usman Kadiri, has said Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Adams Oshiomhole pose major threats to the forward movement of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Kadiri who is also a chieftain in the party revealed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
The former lawmaker explained that Tinubu was crucial to the emergence of Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the party, in a bid to solidify his presidential ambition in 2023.
“Well, I don’t particularly like Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the way he plays his game.
“Secondly, he was instrumental to the emergence of Adams Oshiomhole as the National chairman of the party and he anticipates that his aim for putting him there is when the time comes for the 2023 presidency he must be the one.”
He said in saner climes, nobody would go for Tinubu when there is a better candidate in Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, if the highest seat of power in the country were to come to the South-West.
“Let me ask in other climes, if you must go to pick presidential candidate from the west after Obasanjo’s 8 years and we have a cerebral Vice President like Yemi Osinbajo in office should we be thinking of Tinubu?
“Something must be wrong with all of us. If the next President must come from the west, there is an intelligent and capable person from the west in office already so what are we talking about?” He queried.
“The world is a funny place and Nigeria and Nigerian politicians are very funny people.”
Kadiri also decried how cunning and dishonest Adams Oshiomhole is, claiming how the suspended National Chairman of the Party detested godfatherism, but seems to be the champion of that cause now.
“Oshiomhole, I met him once after he won election in Edo State, a lady, Tessy Ikimi, younger sister of Tom Ikimi organised a dinner for him in Abuja and I was there and he was there with his friends and Tom Ikimi was there and we told him all about good governance, especially as he was coming from the background of a trade unionist; that he was going to deal with human beings with different ideas.
“He got to Edo, he did well physically until he started insulting people that godfatherism has come to an end.
“He insulted Anini, Igbinedion the father, Esama, Igbinedion the former governor. All of them he labeled as thieves, but when he was leaving Edo State was there a fair competition as to who will succeed him? No. I know members of Obaseki family, I worked in Benin for almost 14 years, the incumbent Governor is a younger brother to Gaius Obaseki the former GMD of NNPC, so Godwin Obaseki is from a noble family whether you like it or not.
“The man he called thief Eze Iyamu is the man he is trying to support.
“We are waiting to see. What he kicked against is exactly what he wants to do and he wants Obaseki to keep quiet? No he will fight to finish.
“I don’t believe in godfatherism, I am not a godfather to anybody, politicians come here to consult but they don’t come back again because of what I tell them.”