Tobias Sylvester
Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu has revealed what he told Senator Remi Tinubu, wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
Dele Momodu Recounts Experience With Remi Tinubu
In a post shared on his Instagram page, the journalist recounted his experience with the lawmaker during the funeral of a chieftain of the APC, Kemi Nelson, in Lagos.
According to him, Remi Tinubu approached him and asked if he is going to campaign for her husband, but he told her that he is determined to ensure the election of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Momodu further expressed his love for Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, noting that he joined the opposition party to sack APC because it is leading the country to “Golgotha”.
He wrote, “Only two people, apart from the photographers, witnessed what happened between me and Senator Oluremi Tinubu yesterday, at the funeral service of Chief Kemi Nelson, at (the) Archbishop Vining Memorial Church in Ikeja, Lagos.
“Before some people add salt and pepper to it, I need to state precisely what happened…
“Senator Tokunbo Abiru and Dr Tunji Olowolafe and I had walked in about the same time and we went to greet my very dear sister, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Immediately she saw me, we exchanged our usual pleasantries and then she asked me, ‘So Bob Dee, you’re not going to campaign for my husband…?’ I smiled and remained very calm before replying: ‘Your Excellency, I’m in PDP…’ She apparently didn’t find it funny and regaled us with the past I shared with her husband and I tried to calm her down.
“Anyway, I went back to my seat and pondered on what just happened and I soliloquised: ‘Before the PDP Primary, I had been asked repeatedly by journalists if I’ll dump (the) PDP if I don’t get the ticket, my answer was NO. So if I had gotten the PDP ticket, would I step down for Tinubu of (the) APC, the answer is No.’
“I joined (the) PDP because the APC was leading Nigeria to Golgotha. The APC candidates are promising to continue Buhari’s ‘good works!’ I joined the PDP in order to sack APC from power and to do this I needed a strong opposition party. I had preached to my younger friends that only a mainstream party like the PDP can achieve this in 2023.
“This remains my conviction. I practise what I preach. Those who disagree are in other parties and I respect their opinions and wish them well. I’m in PDP.
“I love Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We’ve truly come way back. I love Professor Yemi Osinbajo. I love Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi… And all my APC friends… But the APC has done too much damage to Nigeria.
“I choose to place Nigeria above friendship… I will try my best to support and encourage our PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to do the right things in our party and to rescue our dear beloved country from the vestiges of oppression, religious intolerance, poverty, terrorism, infrastructure decay, economic wows, unemployment. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
KanyiDaily recalls that Dele Momodu had also expressed confidence that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, will not leave the PDP despite the crisis rocking the party due to his rift with the party’s flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar.
