Former presidential candidate and media mogul, Dele Momodu, has stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) harbours more aggrieved politicians than the newly formed opposition coalition.
Naijaonpoint reports that Momodu, a known supporter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, made the remark in an interview shared on his official Facebook page on Sunday.
Speaking on criticisms from APC members who labelled the opposition coalition as a gathering of disgruntled politicians, Momodu dismissed the claim as “dishonest and misleading.”
He said, “It is not a crime to be aggrieved. There is a Yoruba saying that you cannot beat a child and expect the child not to cry. It is normal.
“Is there any politician who is totally happy in this world? Are people not attacking Donald Trump in America?
“People must be aggrieved. Somebody worked for you, almost killing himself, having sleepless nights, travelling up and down, risking his life in Nasir El-Rufai.
“And then when it came to confirm him for ordinary ministerial appointment, in a country where the legislature rubberstamps everything that the president wants, suddenly they said they had security report. What kind of security report?
“Of course somebody was suddenly afraid of his rise and they knocked him out. Are you saying he should not be aggrieved?
“And then people say it like only the coalition politicians are aggrieved.
“There are more aggrieved people in the APC than in the coalition.
“There are people waiting to be commissioners, ministers, ambassadors and in over two years, Tinubu has not appointed ambassadors.
“Tell me, why won’t people be aggrieved?”
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