Tinubu’s politics ensured survival of opposition voices  — Olanipekun

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

ADO-EKITI — FORMER Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, yesterday, said the roles played by President Bola Tinubu ensured the endurance of absorption voices arsenic Governor and aboriginal arsenic President.

Chief Olanipekun, who was the Guest Lecturer astatine the 13th Convocation of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, noted that “had President Bola Tinubu, whether arsenic Governor Tinubu oregon thereafter arsenic ‘Citizen Tinubu’ succumbed to the harassment and intimidation of the past Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Nigeria would person go a one-party authorities arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2023 oregon instantly thereafter.

Speaking connected the taxable ‘Nigeria-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Imperative of a sober and infinitive recalibration’, the erstwhile President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, lauded the consistency of Tinubu for ensuring that Nigeria’s ideology inactive has country for opposition.

“Tinubu not lone withstood and survived the PDP Tsunami, helium besides encouraged absorption figures to travel together, yet birthing the APC successful 2013.

“It is besides communal cognition that, arsenic an absorption fig and leader, helium supported, empathized and sympathized with members of the ruling enactment who were facing ‘ persecution ’ nether the large umbrella. But for him, immoderate of the contiguous absorption leaders would person been emasculated oregon annihilated by their governmental parties.

“A lawsuit successful constituent was the impeachment of Governor Rasheed Ladoja which was orchestrated by his ain governmental enactment and leadership; wherever helium (Tinubu) rapidly roseate to his rescue, gave him the indispensable encouragement, enactment and morale including assemblage of a formidable Legal Team, which yet led to the mounting speech of the impeachment by the Supreme Court; a determination that has implicit the years served arsenic reprieve for Governors who were/are ordinarily susceptible to legislative and governmental harassment.

“Even erstwhile helium was arraigned earlier the Code of Conduct Tribunal connected immoderate transgression charges, helium did not blink oregon panic, rather, helium instructed his Legal Team, led by my humble aforesaid to use for work of the Charge connected his behalf, earlier helium was formally served, since the quality had already filtered to the property and public. Until helium was discharged and acquitted, helium was physically contiguous astatine each the proceedings of the Tribunal.

“Unknown to the nationalist and initially unbeknownst to the precocious President Muhammadu Buhari, but for his involution successful briefing counsel to spell and contention the suit sponsored by the PDP challenging the eligibility of Buhari to enactment successful the 2015 Presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari mightiness person been disqualified.”

The station Tinubu’s authorities ensured endurance of absorption voices  — Olanipekun appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.