Hold on to your praises, I don't need them - Tinubu tells Kashamu

APC Chieftain, Chief Bola Tinubu has released a statement
calling on the Ogun state Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu to
hold on to his praises as he does not need them. Recall that
Chief Buruji had in a open letter last week called the former
Governor his role model and the architect of modern day
democracy and asked for them to collaborate for the
upliftment of the yorubaland even though they are from
different political parties.
Tinubu in a statement released by his media aide, Segun
Dada yesterday April 21st, said Buruji who worked with other
PDP members to produce a defamatory document against
him, Gen Buhari and other APC members cannot all of a
sudden begin to sing his praises. He asked the politician to
make a trip to the US first as a Senator elect before he,
Tinubu, can associate with him. Choi. These politicians. Read
the statement after the cut...
The statement in part reads;
" The days of false adulation are gone in Nigerian
politics. Fake praise singers like Kashamu will find that
their particular craft is no longer in vogue. During this
election cycle, their practice has dramatically turned
from the way things are to how things used to be.
Politicians will no longer be able to change direction
and loyalties as if they were changing clothes. Those in
politics must know that responsibility and
accountability shall now follow them. One can no
longer walk both sides of the street at the same time.
In case Kashamu has not noticed, the politics of
principle defeated the politics of posturing. Kashamu
may be prodigal but he is no political son of Tinubu.
Kashamu’s political lineage tracks to people like Bode
George and President Jonathan. He should direct his
encomiums to these men who are his true role models.
They need his contrived affections more than Tinubu
does. This same Kashamu rained insults on former
President Olusegun Obasanjo in a vicious campaign of
calumny. Kashamu’s party, the PDP, sponsored
defamatory documentaries full of lies and innuendos
against me, General Muhammadu Buhari and other
leaders of the APC. Please keep your peace until you
make your trip to the USA as a senator-elect. Upon
your return we can then have a conversation. We can
then proceed with your repudiation of the PDP with a
promise that you will stop corrupting and fouling the
political system. I am a patriotic, law abiding Nigerian
and my achievements make me world-renowned. I am
a global citizen that travels freely to the USA, the
United Kingdom and other nations. I associate with
individuals who seek democracy and good governance
for all. I do not spend time with characters whose
values are at variance with societal expectations and
laws governing a decent society".