The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan
on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday described the merger of
opposition political parties on the platform of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) as a weak association that would crumble and disappear by 2014, one year
before
the next general election. So confident is he of this that during a courtesy visit to THISDAY corporate
offices in Lagos yesterday, he put his father’s name on the line.
the next general election. So confident is he of this that during a courtesy visit to THISDAY corporate
offices in Lagos yesterday, he put his father’s name on the line.
“If they don’t crumble and disappear by 2014, don’t call me
Okupe,” he bragged.
Okupe’s visit to THISDAY seemed to have been a public
relations stunt that was carefully arranged either when the journalists went to
lunch, or after Okupe had gagged them, because no professional asked him any
questions following what seemed like a one-sided lecture.
The self-described “attack lion” of President Goodluck
Jonathan dismissed the view that the merger would rout the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the next election, calling the forces behind it
unserious people that are incapable of causing a major upset in national
politics.
“Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Maj-Gen. Mohammadu Buhari are not
serious-minded people; they are going round like people dancing in a market
place,” he said, defiantly. “I expect that when you post an aggregate of people
of that calibre who want to run government, by now they must have a policy
statement on power, agriculture and employment and not just talking about PDP leaving.
statement on power, agriculture and employment and not just talking about PDP leaving.
"Is it by mouth that they will run the nation? These
are not serious-minded people. Can someone get your vote by using word of mouth
that PDP should leave without a policy?”
Okupe was hinging his political prediction on the projection
that the president's joker, which is stable electricity, is attained by 2014,
the opposition would be punctured and rendered ineffective.
Specifically dismissing Tinubu, he held that the ACN chieftain has ridden roughshod over the South-west, but that Nigeria is bigger than that.
Specifically dismissing Tinubu, he held that the ACN chieftain has ridden roughshod over the South-west, but that Nigeria is bigger than that.
“This is their first time out in national politics; alright,
and let me give you some bad news: the relevance that ACN has in Nigerian
politics is that they are a Yoruba party. That is what makes them relevant in
politics and by dropping that toga, the party is dead
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