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June 12: Bode George Makes Revelation Against Tinubu
Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has claimed that Gen Dipo Diya witnessed how the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu lobbied for a post during the military administration of late General Sani Abacha.
According to a report, Tinubu wanted to become a commissioner in Lagos State shortly after the June 12, 1993 poll annulment, thus approached the late dictator but was turned down.
The chieftain applauded Kola Abiola, son of the late MKO Abiola, for allegedly revealing the truth stressed that it was thereafter Tinubu decided to join hands with the National Democratic Coalition to fight for the actualisation of the June 12 mandate.
“It is true that Tinubu went to beg for a commissioner position. He was in the Villa and Gen. Oladipo Diya is a witness. He (Tinubu) said he wanted to be a Deputy to a military administrator and when all that didn’t work, he went into his activism.”
Beyond Tinubu, he decried the roles of other “opportunists” who now pose themselves as heroes of June 12.
However, George said Kola must not be victimised for saying the truth, since he was reportedly an insider, being the first son of the late MKO.
Tinubu was a former Governor of Lagos State, facilitated the merger of the opposition parties such as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Progressive Party (ANPP) and a faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) before the party eventually emerged as ruling party, APC in 2015 election.
“Most of what Kola said is true. He spoke from the heart and he was trying to set the records straight in the face of the many narratives. He had been looking for who would help to recognise the June 12 saga so that his father wouldn’t have died in vain.
“In the course of this, he had bottled up so much. He went through a lot, having lost his mother and family businesses during the struggle. So, he was setting the records straight so that people would not rewrite history.”
The PDP chieftain further advised that lessons should be learnt from the June 12 incident, beyond its adoption as a public holiday.
He argued that Nigerians were more united during the June 12 struggle than today stressing that greater emphasis should be on uniting the nation through the legacy of June 12.
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has described the planned increase in electricity and telecom tariffs as unconscionable.
The statement comes after the telecoms regulator last week approved the increase in mobile tariffs.
The federal government also recently said that plans were ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months.”
However, Sani, who said the government’s plan is unreasonable, insisted that it should be halted.
The ex-lawmaker also expressed his support for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the scheduled protest against the government’s proposal, calling it a welcome development.
“The planned increase in electricity tariffs in the midst of poor power supply and the proposal to increase telecom tariffs is unconscionable and should be halted. The scheduled labour union protest is a welcome development,” he posted on X.
The United States President, Donald Trump, has revealed his decision to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing poor treatment of “certain classes of people.”
Trump made this known on Sunday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform.
According to Trump, South Africa was seizing land and mistreating some citizens without concern for the violations of their rights.
“South Africa is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote.
Reports suggest that the American leader may be defending White South Africans, some of whom have alleged that the South African policy is unfair to them.
There are indications that the federal government will on Monday meet with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stop the planned Tuesday nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications tariff hike.
A reliable source familiar with the matter, who preferred anonymity, disclosed this on Monday morning, noting that the meeting between the NLC leadership and the federal government is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday.
The source said the meeting was a “dialogue on matters of national interest as it affects Nigerian workers.”
According to the source, it will be an inter-ministerial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), purposely to resolve issues raised by the NLC concerning the federal government’s approved upward adjustment to telecommunications tariffs, which the NLC, its allies, and others are vehemently opposing.
This comes as the NLC is already mobilizing workers for a mass protest tomorrow (February 4) against the 50 percent tariff hike approval.
On Thursday last week, in a letter to affiliate unions and state councils, NLC General Secretary Emma Ugboaja urged them to mobilize other Nigerians to send a serious message to the government.
The planned protest follows the 50 percent telecom tariff approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on January 20, 2025.
The approval had sparked widespread rejection among telecom subscribers.
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