This is Not an attempt at writing a rejoinder to Dele Momodu’s
articles captioned “Why I am not a fan
of PDP” and “Why I am a fan of APC”, but I will strongly recommend the articles to Nigerians for political
enlightenment and awareness in this dispensation. This will make Nigerian electorate
focus on what is expected of them in our democracy and the option of choice to
the electorates in the forthcoming elections.The two articles of Dele Momodu
were posted on my timeline on facebook and can also be found posted on my blog –
eddyogunbor.blogspot.com.
I am neither a card carrying member of the PDP nor a fan of
PDP and therefore I am totally on the same page with Dele Momodu’s arguments
and opinions contained thereof in his first article, “Why I am not a fan of PDP”. However, I am a card carrying member of the
APC and certainly a fan of the APC. I believe in the objectives, aims and
manifesto of the party at rescuing Nigeria from the sordid state of decadence
the country has found itself due to the inglorious governance of the PDP since
1999. Therefore, haven played active roles at the national level , leading to
the formation of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), - one of the legacy
parties – and in the merger process leading to the birth of APC, I consider it
proper to throw light on some aspects raised in Dele Momodu’s “Why I am a fan of APC”. The article touched
on the need for the APC to get its acts together properly in picking the
Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates that can dislodge the ruling
party in the 2015 Presidential election. Dele Momodu in his article suggested a
pairing formula he considered potent enough to defeat PDP in 2015.This pairing
formula he suggested is precisely the reason for this write up. I will address
this in due course. But let me digress for a moment.
Most friends of mine, aware of my political leanings and
opinions, have asked the question on several occasion on who I think the choice
of the APC will be as the Presidential candidate. The reason they ask is for
the fact that they are aware of my unabashed loyalty to and committed support for
a particular individual and this individual being the reason for my venture
into politics, in quest of a rescue team and mission for our dear country from
the low depth of decadence we have found the country in recent time. My answer
always has been, “when we get to the
bridge, we will cross it” and that the leadership has not come up with the
modalities for picking the candidates. In truth, they (my friends) know my preferred
choice of Presidential candidate for the APC and that I do not want to “let the
cat out of the bag”. Now that we are almost at the “the bridge” and about to “cross
it”, Dele Momodu’s article came out at the appropriate time for the “cat to be
let out of my bag”. (continued).
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