Tinubu’s critics will sing his praises after inauguration — Campaigner

The Bayelsa Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council (ICC), Prince Preye Aganaba, says critics of the incoming President, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu, will sing his praises after May 29.

Aganaba, in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa, said that most people attacking Tinubu were doing so from the position of ignorance while others, who knew him but chose to hate him, were acting out of jealousy.

Aganaba, who congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) family on the safe return of the President-elect from France, said ignorant haters of Tinubu would be his immediate converts while his core enemies would bury their heads in shame after his inauguration on May 29.

Aganaba expressed confidence that Tinubu would disappoint his enemies with his performance, adding that the former Governor of Lagos State was known for hitting the ground running.

He said: “The President-elect has always been a celebrated performer whether in his public or private practice. He has the capacity and will display that capacity from May 29 after his inauguration.

“We are confident that Tinubu will disappoint his enemies. He will surely reposition the country and usher in an era of economic turnaround and rapid development of Nigeria. We know him and we know he has the capacity to assemble a team that will make us proud”.

The founding member of APC advised people making evil speculation about the health of Tinubu to desist as the power of life and death belonged only to the God Almighty.

Aganaba also hailed the emergence of the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, as the Governorship Candidate of the APC in Bayelsa.

He said Sylva remained the best candidate for the APC in Bayelsa having garnered enough experience and exposure as a one-time governor and the Minister of State for Petroleum.

He said Sylva’s time as minister attracted over $3.6b of investments into Bayelsa, quoting statistics from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), coming behind Lagos State in 2021 alone.

He said with Sylva, the Bayelsa APC would surely defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with the aim of connecting the state to the centre.

Aganaba said: “In 2019, our people in Bayelsa demonstrated a burning desire to connect the state back to the centre. Propelled by that desire, they voted massively for the APC.

“Nothing has changed this time. Our people are still desirous to connect to the centre. We are no longer ready to keep being an opposition state and with Sylva as our candidate that desire will be actualized this year”.

Aganaba appealed to all members of the APC, including those who contested against Sylva, to embrace unity to ensure total victory for the party in November.

He urged the candidate to continue his reconciliation process by reaching out to everyone, knocking at every door to bring everyone on board