Special Inaugural Edition

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SPECIAL INAUGURAL EDITION
before Obasanjo took him on and made him a
minister, so Atiku was his godfather, Obasanjo was
godfather and now Buhari is his godfather,
because we have seen him genuflecting before
Buhari, kneeling down and paying obeisance,
there are pictures of him doing that to Buhari and it
is common knowledge anyway that he rode on the
political wings of Buhari to become governor of
Kaduna state, that's not debatable, you know it in
Kaduna, so is he himself not a beneficiary of that
godfatherism he seeks to denigrate? He said he
had retired some godfathers in Kaduna, I do not
know of any godfather that he retired in Kaduna, I
do not know of any godfather that helped him into
office in Kaduna or on whose back he rode into
office in Kaduna that he retired, except if he meant
senator Shehu Sani that he fought, and Shehu Sani
would never label himself as a godfather or Nkuyi,
that one who's house he demolished, won't call
himself a godfather, I think any other person would
call that one a godfather, so I don't know the
godfathers that he retired in Kaduna to justify his
rethorics. I think he was only playing to the gallery
to draw attention to himself. Again he was like
Awolowo on one of his birthdays when the then
head of state General Badamosi Babangida wrote
him a letter and called Awolowo the issue in
Nigerian politics. Which meant “Awo” was very,
very important that whatever was happening in
the country, you had to think of what “Awo” would
say, and what he will do. Tinubu has become the
issue in Nigerian politics, so if you want to attract
attention to yourself, the easier route is to take a
pot shot at Tinubu, so that you would draw
attention to yourself for your own ulterior motive.
I want to wish BabajideSanwo-Olu lots of goodwill,
heavy dose of goodwill and good luck because he
needs it. Governing a heterogeneous society like
Lagos is not a tea party, I have had the privilege of
being part of it, and given my proximity to the
dynamics of Lagos power play since I left school,
it's not a tea party, but again like I said he is
mentally qualified, he is well equipped, he is
socially and emotionally stable for it, and he has
the knowledge, the intellectual capacity, the
people skills and above all the humility to see him
through. His deputy is also quite knowledgeable
and humble, so they share a lot of attributes. I
think it's a very fantastic combination and I think
Lagos state is quite lucky to have this team coming
in. I wish Sanwo-Olu success in all his endeavours
and I would enjoin Lagosians to give him maximum
co-operation, so that his team can take Lagos to
the land of Eldorado which is all our objective.
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