Asiwaju had always won elections for himself and his cronies through rigging and this accounts for his bitterness.”“His reliance on rigging was typified in the Osun election where results were manipulated in order not to “disgrace” the fading politics of the ‘Asiwaju of Lagos. '”“Let it be placed on record that the story of that election has not been fully told by Tinubu in his snide remarks against President Obasanjo.”“He chose to be silent on that phone call which was clandestinely put across to Abuja, consequent upon which INEC declared an election already won by the PDP, as inconclusive. Since the matter is in court, we will not join Tinubu in abusing court processes.”“However, PDP states in unequivocal terms that President Obasanjo, contrary to Tinubu’s claims, did not at any time, assure our party that he holds sway throughout the southwest and as such will deliver Osun state to the PDP.”“It is also important to state that the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, did not also claim to have rigged election in the South West. However, if Tinubu today denies his affinity with Atiku Abubakar, which is well known in the entire nation, then he can deny even his own existence.”“Moreover, it is an established fact that Obasanjo remains a statesman and a global figure who always speak the truth to power and put the interest of our nation above all.”“It is on record that President Obasanjo and PDP genuinely fought corruption in this country. Nigerians have never been this hungry, our purchasing power has never been this low, our fault lines have never been this manifest and our nation has never been turned into a huge funeral parlor as we have witnessed under President Buhari’s incompetent, divisive and colossally corrupt administration.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 22, 2019 19:40 UTC