Why I stopped Ikimi from vying for APC chairmanship -Tinubu

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has
explained why he single handedly stopped Tom Ikimi from contesting the
chairmanship of the party. Tinubu said that he was afraid Ikimi would
betray Party leaders.
In a statement dated August 31 but released on Tuesday in Lagos, Mr
Tinubu dismissed Ikimi as an unreliable man lacking principles, who
could have betrayed the APC.
“It was clear to practically let everyone who had the interest of the
party at heart know that we simply could not have a man of Tom Ikimi’s
antecedents as Chair of the party.
“As chairman of the NRC, one of the only two political parties in the
country under the military transition programme, Tom Ikimi not only
connived with the then military regime to annul the elections, terminate
the democratic process and sell off his party.
“He became Abacha’s Foreign Minister, convincing the world that heinous
state murders like the hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa were just acts! If Ikimi
were the Chair of APC the party would have to sleep with both eyes open
lest its chairman sell off the party before day break.
“No matter what anyone may say about me, it is unlikely that I can be
accused of supporting incompetent or morally light-weight individuals
for important political positions. My philosophy is to put the best
forward, men and women of competence and integrity,” Tinubu said.
He described Ikimi’s lengthy letter as that filled with falsehood, cheap
blackmail and abuse.
He also accused Ikimi of playing out the PDP script and asked Nigerians
to ignore him as the PDP has nothing to offer Nigerians.
“He was never sincerely committed to the party. He was always playing
out a PDP script. He only wanted the chairmanship of the party as a
bargaining chip for negotiations with his benefactors.
“His defection purportedly on account of the loss of the chairmanship of
the party is a mere subterfuge, once his ploy failed he had no other
objective within the party, I knew he would go back to his sponsors.
“He is back in the company he deserves. And APC is better for it,”
Tinubu concluded.