Lasun Alagbe
Scholar and politician, Prof. Pat Utomi, has challenged All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to go for a medical test.
This he noted as he argued that the APC presidential candidate was not medically fit.
Utomi added that, upon such a test, the result must be made known to Nigerians.
Speaking on a Channels Television programme on Monday, he also slammed Tinubu over what he sees as his ‘Emi lokan’ philosophy, saying it was an act of desperation.
Utomi, who is a chieftain of the Labour Party, said:
“I don’t think the ambition of Tinubu is for the good of Nigeria. If I was his age, I wouldn’t be seeking political office at his age, certain things are good for certain times. Why is it his turn? What about other people in Nigeria?
“If there is any ‘Emilokan’ (translated in Yoruba as I am next) that is wrong, it is the Emilokan of Emilokan because Ko’kan (Not his turn).
“Our country has suffered so much from having ailing leaders and that was why the vice president stepped up because he thought there was a challenge to that principle and direction.
“Tinubu is not fit, physically you can see he is ailing, you can see it, let’s be true to ourselves, let him go through a medical that will be made public in Nigeria.”
Utomi also endorsed the stand of the Afenifere on its support of the LP’s candidate Peter Obi, saying the pan-Yoruba organisation was morally upright.
He said: “The Afenifere has established, over a long period of time a commitment to being principle-centered. it is hard, to begin with, that today. If anything, the challenge of politics today in Nigeria is that there has been a sign of politics without principles.
“All Nigerians can do is to admire and show respect for the leadership of Pa Adebanjo which is principle-centred.
“Afenifere constitutes a moral authority, and when you combine that moral authority with the fact that they have been able to build a clear alliance with PANDEF, Middle Belt Forum and together they have been speaking on this matter alongside Ohaneze Ndigbo. You see that there is a certain body of opinion in Nigeria who are major stakeholders who can say this is what is principled and this is what is right.”
