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In a statement made available to Daily Sun yesterday, Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, said the president was planning to please foreign lenders and international power blocs by sourcing the loan from them and consequently to ensure his second term in office.
The former governor stated that if truly President Jonathan meant well for Nigerians and if there was real need for the money, he should look inward and use the money ‘in the illegal excess crude account/sovereign wealth fund’.
His words: “Government said they did this unconstitutional confiscation of state and local funds to save for ‘a rainy day’. Well, terror is reigning over and down on us from all sides. The blood of the innocent rains on our national conscience. If those who control this money do not think we are now in the hands of calamity, then there will be no other earthly occurrence that may ply their hands into releasing the people’s money for the people’s security and well-being. In short, there is no need for the loan. If the funds are truly needed for our collective safety, Nigeria has the money.
“But Jonathan seeks to borrow money because of his foreign handlers. They have told him if he borrows from abroad and spends that same money abroad, he will win the favour of foreign lenders, arms contractors and assorted business ventures. These people will, in turn, pressure their governments to love Jonathan where they now loathe him and his incompetent handling of high matters of state.
“As such, he can then ramrod his way through the 2015 elections and not risk international reaction. This is the plan. This loan is not intended to defend Nigeria any more than a pig is built for aerial flight. It is intended to launder his image and buy foreign favour that he may conduct his coming electoral misdeed in international silence.”
“In reality, this loan will be used to buy the election and pay for the intimidation of the opposition and electorate. Most of it will go into the PDP coffers. The portion, which finds its way to the armed forces and security agencies will be to purchase their services in suppressing all who are not PDP. The loan will not be to fight terrorism. It will be to fight the legitimate dissent,” the statement read in parts.
While reiterating his commitment to rid the nation of Boko Haram insurgency and any other act of terrorism, Tinubu said he was not ready to be tricked by anybody.
He maintained that the money being requested for by the President was not meant “to construct a safe haven for the people’ but rather ‘to build a casket for democracy.”
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