Don't accept PDP's apology' -Bola Tinubu tell Nigerians

Bola Tinubu asked Nigerians not to accept the apology, because it was like a case of a thief who is only begging because he was caught in the act

By Eje peter

Reacting to the apology issued by PDP National chairman, Uche Secondus at a Nation Building event organized by the party, the National leader of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Tinubu, has asked Nigerians not to accept it because it was like a case of a thief who is only begging because he was caught in the act.

Speaking at the colloquium organized to mark his 66th birthday, which had in attendance President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and many others, Bola Tinubu said;

'Dear Nigerians, do not take their apology. They lied. They falsified. They even changed figures. For 16 years, they made fake promises and gave us fake figures. And they said we should not talk about it. It is like saying after all they did wrong, do not look at me. Just steal your own. That we will not take it off the table…no matter how twisting the mind of PDP and their supporters may be, we will continue to talk about it because you wasted our resources. You did not do what you promised Nigerians, what you said you would do when you were in office. The market gave you the maximum and production was also at maximum.

President Buhari has changed the economy from the wrong direction to steer the ship back before the final crash because it was necessary. We have started the journey. And the voyage is on the voyage of hope and the voyage that we are reclaiming Nigeria. We are retooling Nigeria. We are reinventing Nigeria. We are redirecting Nigeria.'

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who also spoke at the colloquium organized to mark the 66th birthday of the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, said that those who stole from Nigeria while they were in power, must be made to account for their actions.

"Let me say that when we began this journey in 2014, and when I say 'this journey' I refer to our government, our party, the APC, was determined to change the dominant narrative about our country. We were determined to ensure that the notion of a country rich in all natural resources, but even richer in human capital, but being destroyed daily by grand corruption, and the impunity in the looting of public resources; we had to change that narrative.

"As for our fight against corruption, we realized, as Mr. President said, that if we don't kill corruption, corruption will kill us. Corruption is an existential problem for Nigeria. Let me pause here to reiterate that from all I have seen in government in the past three years, the corruption of the previous five years is what destroyed the Nigerian economy.
"And the reason why we will talk about it is, first, we must let our people know that we cannot afford to go this way again. And this is the point we are making, that there is no country in the world, and we must know this; there is no country in the world that would allow its resources to be plundered in the way our own resources were plundered and expect to be economically viable; it is not possible. Nigeria is unlike any other country because of the level of corruption that was perpetrated. We must stop that corruption and that is why we are so committed.

"When you fight corruption the way we are fighting it, corruption is going to fight back. But we are determined. When you listen to the stories of these young people, when you listen to the stories of the vulnerable, the disabled, and all of these people, these are the people for whom we are responsible; these are the people who voted for us. We must ensure that we defend their rights, it is in the defence of the rights of these people that we will put everything out to make sure that those who have been taking the resources of this country are made to pay for it."  he said

Meanwhile here are photos from the Banquet the Lagos state government organized in honor of President Buhari, an event that was attended by governors, APC chieftains and many others.