2023: Activist Adeyanju Alleges APC Using Jonathan To Score Cheap Political Points

By Akinwale Kasali

The visit of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and some members of the Party to the residence of former President Goodluck  Jonathan in Abuja has continued to generate controversy.

Mixed reactions trail the development, considering how mean and rude and insulting Tinubu was to Jonathan when the former President was in office.

Social Commentator and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, in his reaction to the visit said that the All Progressives Congress is planning to use and dump Jonathan.

Adeyanju reminded the former President of the role the APC cabals played during its presidential primary, saying he earlier warned him of ‘use and dump.’

Tinubu was accompanied by his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, alongside five APC governors, that included the Governor of Plateau State and Director-General of his Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong,his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun, Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawale, Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

Reacting via a Facebook post, Adeyanju said, “Dear Goodluck Jonathan, you won’t die if you don’t support anyone in this election. During the APC primaries when the cabal were deceiving you, hope you remember all my warnings to you that they just wanted to use and dump you. A word is enough for the wise.”

Adeyanju added that the APC Cabals are trying to use him to score cheap political points, which was the purpose of their visit to his house.

He however warned him to be careful and shouldn’t fall for their plot.

But a PDP Chieftain who pleaded anonymity asked the activist to shut up, and not be dabbling into things he hardly understood. He said Jonathan is a former President, and Tinubu visited him as he visited other former Leaders. He asked: “When Tinubu visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was he using Obasanjo to dump him? One expected this activist to  commend Jonathan for confirming that he is a true statesman by receiving, especially, Tinubu and Shettima, in audience. Did Peter Obi not visit Jonathan? And is anybody stopping Atiku Abubakar, who also stabbed Jonathan at the back, from visiting him? We should be reasonable in this country. Perhaps, the so- called activist wanted Jonathan to act uncivilised and tell Tinubu not to visit him. Jonathan is too civilized for that sort of childish behavior.”