Tinubu’s Osun Home State Resurfaces, As Bode George Hits Him, Says He Sank Lagos |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

The story about APC Chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not being a son of Lagos, but of Osun State, resurfaced on Saturday.

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, who berated him over his comments against the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, said he would have kept quiet if Tinubu was doing what he is doing in Osun State, and not Lagos. “I am a Lagosian”, he declared.

Tinubu had said during the commissioning of the Fly-Over Bridge at Agege Pen-Cinema, in Lagos, that the ship of State headed in the wrong direction within 2017-2018 before incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu came into the saddle as Governor of the State.

Even though Tinubu did not mention anybody  by name, Akinwumi Ambode was the Governor within the period under Tinubu’s review.

Recall that Tinubu, inexplicably, led the Lagos APC to deny Ambode a second term in office. Not a few people blamed Tinubu for the denial, and asked why he suddenly described Ambode incompetent, having, before then, described him as very competent.

In the past 24 hours since Tinubu’s sinking ship speech, a viral video has surfaced where Tinubu was praising Ambode to high heavens for a first class performance as Lagos State Governor.

On Thursday, Tinubu, again, indicted Ambode’s administration during the commissioning of the bridge, insisting that Ambode’s administration was leading Lagos State in the wrong direction and couldn’t be allowed to continue that way, prompting the Party to deny him a second term ticket.

Tinubu further disclosed that the drift between Ambode’s leadership and the vision for Lagos State became noticeable, and  was not in tandem with the Party’s manifesto and vision for the State aspiring to be a mega city, and presently the commercial hub of the nation.

As if he knew what Tinubu was going to say, Ambode was absent at the commissioning of the  Flyover Bridge, even though it was initiated by  his administration, but completed by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

Continuing with why Ambode was denied a second term ticket, Tinubu added that the errors noticed by political leaders in the state were what led to the decision to jettison Ambode and bring  Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat, on board.

However, George said that contrary to the claims by Tinubu on Ambode,  the ship of Lagos has been going in the wrong direction since Tinubu took over control of the state.

He added that, “The ship of Lagos has been going in the wrong direction since he (Tinubu) ascended the throne of Lagos.

“Right from the days of Brigadier Johnson, Baba Jakande, Marwa, and all those who have ruled Lagos, people still talk of their legacies. But the ship of Lagos started going in the wrong direction when he (Tinubu) ascended the throne.

“I stand by all that I have said about him. I don’t have anything personal against him but against his policies. His daughter is the Iyaloja of Lagos, his son is the only one that has advert all over the city and his wife is the one representing Lagos Central in the Senate. O to ge!

“We met very encouraging things when we were growing up but today where are they? No scholarship for students, no help for the masses. I don’t have anything against Tinubu but his policies. If he were in Osun State, I wouldn’t have been concerned but as a Lagosian, Tinubu is too important to be left alone and that is why I will continue speaking against his policies.”