The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has cautioned Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, over recent statements against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tambuwal had in a recent interview said Buhari “is affected by serious challenges of health and is being held captive by a cabal that runs Nigeria for their personal interests,” a claim BMO describes as unfortunate, ill-conceived and a total assault on African cultural values.
Chairman and the Secretary of the group, Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke, respectively, made their position known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday.
BMO said that Tambuwal had in recent time engaged in deliberate campaign of calumny against the President and warned that the governor was on a road to perdition just like Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in 2015.
“This infamous style of politics belonged in the past and it is necessary to remind Tambuwal that it is not African tradition for young people to insult their elders and such negative attitude usually had its consequences.
“We also advise Governor Tambuwal to draw a lesson from what happened to Ayo Fayose in the last Ekiti governorship election, as he was roundly rejected by the electorate due to his non-performance and unguarded utterances.
“We also want to assure Tambuwal that his case will not be different from that of Ayo Fayose, as he will not only be rejected as the next governor of Sokoto state, but his presidential ambition will remain a pipe-dream.
“As he has not only denied his people development but has wasted the scarce resources he ordinarily should have used to render service to the good people of Sokoto state,” the statement read in part.
The group predicted that Tambuwal would definitely go into political oblivion in 2019 and that Buhari would win the next presidential election with a landslide.
