***Asks APC not to set Nigeria on fire 

An agrieved stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Alex Kadiri has cautioned the ruling Party against action and inaction that may set the country on fire 

Speaking against the backdrop of recent utterances of the controversial Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike over demolitions and revocation of properties in the FCT which may have been misrepresented he asked that the party softpedal. 

“The issue is an issue that is bordering Nigerians right now, and as a senior citizen, I can not see my country going down the hill, and I do not say nothing. I worked for this party, but since we were given the victory the things happening, I am not happy about them at all 

“When Abdullahi Adamu was removed or when he resigned, at least what the party should have.done is to look for somebody with some level of credibility to take over from him, not so, they went to Kano to bring somebody who has his baggage of issues and made him National chairman of our party. 

“In the second place, Tinubu has appointed people. I want my party to know that Nigerians do not owe us any obligation. We owe them obligation, and we should not be threatening them. 

“The Way, Wike the minister of FCT is talking down on people is bad, that is not how we won the election. May be that was how he won his own election in Rivers State, but that is not how to win an election across the country. You should be civil. “Threatening people all the times, you will revoke this, you will revoke that, haba, that is not how to run governance, unlike David Umahi in the ministry of works, he is working without talking. 

“Wike is talking doing nothing every day on television, I will demolish, I will revoke. At my age, if I see things and I keep quiet, God will never forgive me.

“Yesterday, I watched Etsu Nupe on Television talking about the demolition of the Central Mosque in Abuja, he was trying to disabuse the minds of muslims that it is a rumour, that the minister never said anything like that. He was smiling, very gentle, urbane, very civilised but I can assure Nigerians and my party people that the next person that will discuss this issue will not smile like Yahaya Abubarkar, the person will not be urbane, the country will be on fire. Wike should not start a fight he can not finish.

“But like I said about this minister of Abuja, let this young man not start a fire he can not quench. He doesnt read books, if he reads books, he should have read about 2nd World War when the German foreign minister was trying to invade Tunsia when the German chancellor Bismak told him, an expedition to Tinusia in an election year, I can not think about it.

“They have given you an appointment, but please, Nigerians are not slaves of APC, dont threaten everybody. Look, dont set fire in a place you can not quench. ETSU Nupe is an urbane man, rich in talents and civilised man, rich in talent and experienced. 

“The next man may not be a man like Etsu Nupe, and Tinubu will have no means of quenching the fire. My party should not set this country on fire, please. APC should not set Nigeria on fire. Now that I am still able to talk, I think it is a gr3at thing to let Nigerians know how I feel.”

“I wish I could be understood, I have tried to see Tinubu by myself one on one, but I am good enough to publish it so that anyone who reads will know that this man had been struggling to see the President one on one. 

“Before the election based on all I knew about him, I wanted to ask him prominent questions so that he can answer them

Senator Kadori said he made an effort to meet with President Bola Tinubu over Sundry issues by going through Tanko Yakassai, Abiodun Faleke, former minister, and former speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly Adeleke Mamora

According to him, when Tinubu eventually agreed to meet with him, it was 1am only to come with his group to be told Tinubu had gone upstairs

“I talked to people like Tanko Yakassai he is alive, I requested Tanko to arranged a meeting for Tinubu and I, I had also asked Abiodun Faleke to arrange for Tinubu and I to meet, I also asked Hon Adeleke Mamora, former speaker of Lagos State House of Aseembly and later minister, I request for him to arrange for Tinubu and I to meet. 

“In Mamora’s case, he even said he was going to make the arrangement in Abuja that Lagos was too roudy, I said okay. Eventually, when they said Tinubu wanted to see me, they said I should hold on when they arrived they will let me know. It was 1 a.m., at my age, 1 am. I waited with some people at his house. 

“In my group that night, were former military secretary General Patrick Akpa, colonel Obanawa, Muhammed Abubakar Audu, and several others. 

“They said we can now come that Tinubu was ready to see Alex Kadiri at the age of 82, I left my house at 1am to Tinubu’s House at Asokoro. When we got there they opened the gate for us, when we came out of the car, Nuhu Ribadu and one Muritala were standing outside only to be told that Tinubu had gone upstairs, that they are sorry, we should try tomorrow when they return from Jalingo. 

“That was the last time anybody talked to me about Tinubu. No apologies, nothing, and I was unable despite all these efforts that I made.

“Now the secretary to the Governmwnt of the Federation is supposed to be my friend to even get to talk to Gearge Akume now is impossible. 

“I tried to go through those our normal friends they will tell me dont worry when I am there, i will call you. Alex Kadiri is going through a third party now to talk to SGF. 

“This is unfair, this party was not brought into power by one man, may be some of them who were using Tinubu’s money can say that it is Tinubu that brought the party. “I made an effort in my own corner of the country for the party, and that is why I have the confidence to talk. Look at what is happening in my state. When I speak, they say they should expel me for what? 

“In APC we can not talk again. What has the APC government done in Kogi State to warrant them fielding a candidate for the next election? Nothing. Yet the national chairman took a delegation to Lokoja, and all of them were laughing gleefuly. I felt ashamed. 

“At least they did not fly into Lokoja because Lokoja has no Airport, so it must have been through the roads in Lokoja. The road that took him to Government House in Lokoja, ia there any such road in Kano State? He governed for eight years and earlier as deputy for eight years.

“All they want is somebody who will go and kill, maime people, burn houses, burn cars and then all the educated people are in the diasporas, they are afraid of going home so that APC can win. 

“All they want is success. We won 21 Local Governments, three senatorial seats. 

I feel sad that the leaders of my party will say go and bring victory and let us go to Tribunal. We will see judges. They are making mockery of judges.

This is not the type of democracy I thought I would be participating in at the 81, i feel sad.