Tinubu’s 60th birthday: PDP slams ACN govs for abdicating duty posts, says everything about Tinubu is fake.

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West has accused the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governors of Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti states of abdicating their duty posts for Lagos and Abuja, for the celebration of what it called the 60th birthday of the party leader, Senator Bola Tinubu.

The party also condemned Tinubu’s verbal attack on President Goodluck Jonathan and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that it was an insult for someone like Tinubu to be attacking personalities like President Jonathan and Chief Obasanjo.

PDP zonal secretary, Kayode Babade, in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday, said “it amounts to high level of irresponsibility for elected governors to be running up and down for a whole week in celebration of birthday of a single individual.

The party said “time has come for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to look into the funding of Tinubu’s week-long birthday, including the allegation of contribution of millions of naira by governments in ACN-controlled states.

“As we write, all the ACN governors are on their ways to Abuja for another dinner, as part of Tinubu’s birthday celebration. This is after staying away from their states for the better part of last week, and our question is: were these governors elected to serve Tinubu or the people of their states?”

According to Babade “It amounts to high level of irresponsibility for elected governors to be running up and down for a whole week in celebration of false birthday of a single individual, who claimed to be 60 when he is indeed 70 year-old.”

While berating Tinubu over his attack on President Jonathan and Obasanjo, the PDP said “while we agree that Tinubu is free to run his mouth the way he desires, his verbal attacks on the president and our highly respected leader, Chief Obasanjo, is unbecoming of a former governor.”

Babade said “at 60 or whatever, what we believe Tinubu should occupy his mind with is how to reconcile with his origin and people in Osun State, instead of throwing verbal tantrums at people who are by far credible and respectable than him.

"While we agree that Bola Tinubu is free to run his mouth the way he desires, his verbal attacks on the president and our highly reverred leader, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is unbecoming of a former governor.

"If Tinubu is saying Obasanjo was corrupt, our question is; what business was Tinubu into before he was imposed as governor of Lagos State and what is his line of business now?

"At least, we know that OBJ has Obasanjo Farms, and even late MKO Abiola, who was a Philanthropist per excellence had Abiola Farms, Abiola Bookshops, Radio Communications Nigeria, Wonder Bakeries, Concord Press, Concord Airlines, Summit Oil International Ltd, Africa Ocean lines, Habib Bank, Decca W.A. Ltd and other known business.

"Can anyone say with a measure of certainty Bola Ahmed Tinubu's source of wealth?"
Speaking further, Babade said; "At 60 or whatever, what we believe Bola Tinubu should occupy his mind with is how to reconcile with his origin and people in Osun State, instead throwing verbal tantrums at people who are by far credible and respectable than him.”