PDP Takes ACN, Tinubu To Cleaners Over Amaechi, Jonathan Bodyguards, IyalojaSaga

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lampooned the opposition,
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Congress for Progressive Change,
CPC, for asking President Goodluck Jonathan to probe reports that his
security details prevented Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi from personally exchanging pleasantries with him at the
mid-term report dinner which held last Wednesday at the Presidential
villa.
The PDP took the ACN national leader, Bola Tinubu to the cleaners
describing him as a despot in referenceto the alleged imposition of
his daughter, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, as President-General of the
Association ofNigerian Market Women andMen, when she is not a
full-time trader.
In a statement on Sunday bythe PDP Acting National Publicity
Secretary, Tony Okeke, the party described the demand by the ACN as
"irresponsible meddlesomeness and foolish scandal-mongering" saying
the ACN and its "co-traveller", the CPC, are merely embittered by the
reconciliations in the PDP and are as such crying wolf where there is
none.
Noting that such protocol issues are understood by all,the PDP said
the ACN and CPC have overtime showed that they are quarrelsome parties
which derive pleasure in causing disaffection among Nigerians.
"The ACN and the CPC are merely embittered by the reconciliations so
far achieved in the PDP and seek to use all means to undermine it.
That is why they are crying wolf where there is none. Protocol issues
are understood all over the world. Therefore the demand by the ACN
smacks of irresponsible meddlesomeness and foolish scandal-mongering
aimed at causing disaffection among our leaders and party members,"
the PDP said in the statement.
The PDP said Mr. Jonathan has a good relationship withall state
governors includingthe Rivers State governor.
Turning its focus to Asiwaju Tinubu, the PDP said the ACNleader, "who
parades himself as a democrat" has clearly shown his despotic
tendencies with the installation of his daughter as the leader of
traders without recourse to democratic processes.
"Nigerians have clearly seenthat the so-called democratsand
self-styled messiahs in the ACN are indeed wolves in sheep's skins.
The ACN leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who has been parading himself as a
democrat has once again shown his despotic tendencies with the
installation of his daughter, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, who is not a
full-time trader to succeed his mother late Alhaja AbibatMogaji, as
President-Generalof the Association of Nigerian Market Women andMen in
utter disregard to democratic principles.
"This shows the level of disdain the ACN and its leaders have for
democracy. It shows the type of leadership that is obtainable within
the ACN where members have been gagged just as it indicates what form
of leadership Nigerians should expect if such leaders are allowed to
hold power at any level in the country".
"We challenge the ACN which always harps on democratic principles to
examine this issue and come out with its verdict. We also call on
Lagos Sate Governor, Babatunde Fashola to listen to the people and
ensure that the right thing is done by allowing the traders to choose
their leader through a democratic means", the PDP said.