An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Lagis, Sir Jude Idimogu, on Friday appealed to opposition parties to allow President Bola Tinubu to breathe and concentrate on governance.
Idimogu, the immediate past two-term lawmaker who represented Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos state House of Assembly, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The former lawmaker said that after the verdict of the 2023 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, opposition parties and their candidates needed to rally round the president in the interest of the nation.
According to him, politicians against the victory of Tinubu at the Feb. 25 presidential election and the court must avoid actions capable of dragging the country’s name in the mud.
The lawmaker, reacting to the certificate saga levelled against President Tinubu by PDP’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, described such allegation as politics taken too far and capable of destroying the country’s image.
His words:
“All I want to tell good Nigerians is to understand that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not and will never forge any certificate, and whatever he submitted to INEC is clean and true.
“We want to appeal to Nigerians to calm down and not allow themselves to be deceived by those dragging Nigeria’s name in the mud.
“We want the opposition to allow our president, who God gave to us, to breathe. Please allow him to breathe for the sake of the masses.”
He further said Tinubu is a God-sent president to Nigeria and the best the nation can ever have.
“There is nothing anyone can do right now because God has ordained him to be president, and he emerged in spite of all visible hurdles.
“God has crowned him as president; we should stop all pettiness.
“No matter what the detractors are doing, they cannot pull Tinubu down because God and Nigerians are behind him, and he is a man of grace.
“The opposition should note this and wait for another election period.
“The matter of certificate is a pre-election matter and cannot make any opposition presidential candidate come through the back door,” Idimogu said.
