Adamawa: Trust leaders of coalition with powers at your peril – Ex-Senator warns Nigerians

Senator Abubakar Girei, who represented Adamawa Central Senatorial District has expressed warned Nigerians against entrusting powers in hands leaders of the newly formed coalition, saying that they were party of problems confronting the nation and they can’t be trusted anymore.

The former Senator who is now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, wondered if the political class such as promoters of coalition who were part of those that wrecked the country should be trusted with leadership of the nation.

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Girei, was elected to the Senate to represent Adamawa Central Senatorial District in 1999 and spent his first four years without his return for a second tenure.

He accused coalition members of self-serving with being conscious of genuine need to unite in tackling challenges militating against the nation, adding that they were united by personal grievances and ambition, rather than genuine reform.

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His stance was contained in a statement he made available to journalists on Sunday on the heels of mobilization drive of the coalition, declaring that the coalition has fallen into a trap by choosing a wrong political party, the ADC as its platform.

He said: “Ask them why they abandoned the SDP, which was their preferred choice.

“They will soon realise that ADC has more aggressive vampires than those that chased them out of SDP.”

Girei dismissed the coalition as a gathering of disgruntled politicians, many of whom, he said, are upset because President Bola Tinubu “did not patronise them.”

“Taking a closer look at the coalition’s membership, it is obvious that they are groups of aggrieved people for different reasons; while some feel bad because President Tinubu did not patronise them, others are for personal reasons of wanting to be President by all means,” he said.

The former lawmaker accused the coalition leaders of being part of the same political elite that allegedly looted public funds and undermined good governance in the past.

His words: “Many of the individuals now standing at the forefront of this coalition for change are the same people who ruined Nigeria.

“These are not newcomers to politics. They are seasoned actors with decades of experience in manipulating the system, looting the treasury, and protecting the status quo.”

He questioned the coalition’s moral authority to preach change.

“Why should Nigerians trust them to effect any positive change? You cannot be a part of those who destroyed a system, and now you want to claim you are a saint,” he stated.

Girei praised President Tinubu’s performance, insisting that the current administration is addressing the damage allegedly caused by some of the same figures now rallying under the ADC.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is fixing the mess this set of people has caused,” he added.

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