Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has warned that a Bola Tinubu presidency will be reminiscent of Adolph Hitler’s Germany, where Jews were targeted and the right to vote and speak were denied.
Phrank Shaibu, Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Media, stated in a statement that the governorship election in Lagos, when thugs asked those who were not planning to vote for the APC to return home, was just a taste of what to expect from a Tinubu administration.
He went on to say that it was even more upsetting that Tinubu’s thugs were profiling voters, beating up those of Igbo descent, and ordering them to return home.
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According to Shaibu, Tinubu’s ultimate goal is to turn Nigeria into a one-party dictatorship based on Nazism’s authoritarian and totalitarian philosophy, like Adolf Hitler did in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Atiku’s aide stated, “What the world witnessed in Lagos at the March 18 governorship election was nothing short of Nazism. It was the tactic employed by Adolph Hitler in the 1930s. At that time, they engaged in profiling and used the Jews as their punching bag. Today, Tinubu has launched an assault on the Igbo and all non-Yoruba speakers in Lagos.
“Tinubu has adopted fascism with disdain for liberal democracy. With what happened in Lagos, Tinubu has elevated dictatorship, scientific racism, and Yoruba tribal supremacy and wants to take it to the federal level.
“When they see that they cannot win an election, they resort to profiling and whip up tribal sentiments and violence. They did it against Jimi Agbaje in 2015 as well.
“Tinubu has ruled Lagos for 23 years. Under his watch, the APC wins all local government elections. When it is time for governorship and State Assembly elections, he unleashes his thugs who also target non-Yoruba ethnic groups as you saw in Lagos on Saturday.
“Those that resisted the thugs were beaten. This is how he has maintained a grip on the state and has turned it into a one-party state. It is what Tinubu plans to bring to the centre: a Nazi style of leadership that will make Nigerians view the past military dictatorship of Sani Abacha with nostalgia. May God save us!”
Atiku’s assistant slammed Tinubu’s Campaign Council spokesmen, Bayo Onanuga and Femi Fani-Kayode, for promoting intimidation of Igbo people in Lagos.
He claimed that their words reflected their principal’s failure to denounce the violence two days after the elections.
According to Shaibu, the Nigerian constitution allows anybody in any region of the country to vote and be voted for, regardless of religion, gender, or tribe.
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He claimed Tinubu’s actions amounted to reversing some of Nigeria’s democratic successes.
Shaibu added, “Bayo Onanuga, a hitherto respected journalist who claimed to have contributed to the fight against dictatorship, is now supporting injustice and attacks on the Igbo for daring to vote in Lagos. This is what happens when you associate yourself with Bola Tinubu. Your mind and soul get corrupted.
“For Fani-Kayode, a man who was Nnamdi Kanu’s handbag, he has suddenly become an ethnic supremacist, encouraging the suppression of the Igbo people in Lagos all in a bid to impress his paymaster. We never expected much from this Jekyll and Hyde.
“What the tribal bigots like Bayo Onanuga and Fani-Kayode will not tell you is that Ireti Kingibe, a Yoruba woman, has just been elected into the Senate to represent the FCT.”
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