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Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu has claimed that he
supported Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko with millions of pounds in cash
during the legal battle to reclaim his mandate after the 2007 election in the
state.
Tinubu made the allegation during the Redemption Rally
organised by the Action Congress of Nigeria in Akure to mobilise support for
the party’s candidate in Saturday’s governorship election, Mr. Rotimi
Akeredolu.
The ACN leader said Mimiko was economical with the truth
when he claimed that he did not receive money from him while the battle lasted.
Tinubu, who quoted copiously from the Holy Bible while
addressing the people, insisted that he gave money and vehicles to Mimiko as
part of his contribution.
He said, “Mimiko claimed that I did not spend money when he
had problems with his mandate, this is not true. It is a lie. He came to me and
begged me to support him, rolling on the ground.
“He (Mimiko) claimed that Wole Olanipekun was there when we
were planning the strategy, this is not correct. Rotimi Akeredolu was among the
lawyers we organised for him.
“He collected money from me. I spent millions of pounds
sterling but he betrayed me. It was Yemi Osinbajo who travelled to Israel and
other countries to arrange the experts that helped him prosecute the case.
“People warned me not to help him because of his antecedents
of being a serial traitor. He betrayed Adebayo Adefarati, Olusegun Agagu, and
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo among others, but I still helped him.
“Mimiko has called me a godfather, yes, I am a positive
godfather and even, god fatherism is biblical and that is why Christians refer
to God as their father.
“I play god-fatherism in the South-West for the good of our
people. My godfatherism is for progress, it is for mentoring. I have brought
development to Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Edo and Ogun states and the people are
better for it.”
Tinubu condemned the mega school concept of the Mimiko
administration, saying the schools were not meant for a low populated state
like Ondo.
He said, “Mega school is not meant for Ondo. You don’t have
the population. The mega school concept can only work in places like Lagos
which is densely populated.
“Mimiko is just deceiving you with his mega school idea. It
cannot work. We build millennium schools in Lagos where we have thousands of
children. What you have in Ondo is a deceit.”
The ACN National Leader said Ondo would lose a lot if the
people refused to put an ACN government in place through their votes on
Saturday.
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