In a facebook post late this afternoon, Utsu brought t bare his
personal views and observation of the four candidates, highlighting their strengths
and their weaknesses.
The engineer turned bank staff who is well vested with Nigerian
politics threw a jab at three of the candidates, disqualifying them in his own
opinion for the task ahead. According to him, the position of the national
chairman of a party requires people with vast experience as such the like of
Bode George would have been fit for the position but not for his inability for
brace up to give the APC government in his home a strong opposition fight. Therefore,
he referred to him a “yesterday man”.
Utsu also believe the likes of Jimmy Abgaje would had been it if
not for his cool nature and lack of toughness and ruggedness, but for Mimiko,
it was an outright No! he went ahead to call him a snake who back-stabbed Tinubu
and Jonathan.
Finally Utsu found Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK worthy of the party
leadership due to his stubborn and fearless nature and loyal commitment to the
party. However, he went further to advice FFK to abstain from ethnic and
religious themed messages since the job of the party chairman is to build
bridges.
Simon’s article reads in full:
Just seen the list of the
contestants for chairmanship of the PDP. They're are:
Bode George
Jimi Agbaje
Olusegun Mimiko AND
Femi Fani-Kayode
Bode George
Jimi Agbaje
Olusegun Mimiko AND
Femi Fani-Kayode
Bode George: Due to his wealth of
political experience, Bode George would have been the candidate to beat since
experience is often the major criteria for such a position but his political
antics in the last decade are enough indications that he has lost so much steam
and goodwill- he hasn't been able to harmonise the PDP in his Lagos backyard or
lead them to give the Tinubu controlled ruling party any headache even as the
defacto leader. In essence, he's now a yesterday's man.
Jimi Agbaje: I really like Jimi,
he's a man of ideas- I followed him in the run in to the last gubernatorial
election in Lagos and was very impressed with his poise and intelligence. But
he's too much of a gentleman; he's not someone that can talk or fight dirty
when the need arises. I think he's cut out for governance and not for politics.
Mimiko: Oh that snake! That
two-timer! That ingrate! He backstabbed Tinubu who mobilised logistics for him
to win(at the courts) his first governorship bid. He also turned his back on
Jonathan in 2015 by failing to deliver Ondo- something which the governor of
his neighbouring state(Fayose, Ekiti) who had just spent barely a year in
office did with ease. Mimiko is Sheriff reloaded! He'll sell the PDP for a pot
of pottage if he's mistakenly allowed to lead them.
Femi Fani-Kayode: I would rather
FFK were the mouthpiece of the PDP, me thinks he's cut out for this but of a
truth, his ruggedness, fearlessness, committedness and unyielding character
makes him the candidate to beat. In the absence of Oshokomole(Fayose), FFK is
the candidate most of us will want to lead the PDP into the 2019 elections. But
my only advice for him is that, he should tone down on his ethnic and religious
themed messages. Because as the party chairman, one of your major responsibilities
will be to build bridges. I pray God helps him to victory in this contest and
also grants him the grace to be the best chairman the party has ever had.
Simon Utsu is
known for always forecasting into Nigerian’s Political future in a bid to predict
futuristic happenings and most of the times, he gets it right. Do you think this is one
of those his correct forecast?
Your opinions
are welcome
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