Tinubu’s concept of nationalism is ‘fake’, Coalition of Northern Group says

The concept of nationalism mooted by former governor of Lagos State and the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been described as fake by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG).

The group in a statement by the CNG’s spokesman, AbdulAzeez Suleiman, on Tuesday in Kaduna, also stated that Tinubu could not feign ignorance of the #RevolutionNow protest, even as they alleged, that he had a hand in the movement.

According to the statement issued by the CNG, Tinubu cannot claim to be patriotic when his allies Omoyele Sowore, and key supporters of the protest including Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka and Mr Femi Falana (SAN) were the ones organising a revolution protest against President Muhammadu Buhari.

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The group stated that Tinubu could not justify his claim to nationalism when his actions were allegedly “against all democratic norms.”

CNG said, “Where was Tinubu’s sense of patriotism when his tutelage Omoyele Sowore called for a violent protest with the ultimate aim of overthrowing a democratically-elected government?

“How does Tinubu explain his conspiratorial silence when Prof Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, SAN, and other rubble rousers openly supported and backed the mastermind of the overthrow attempt?”

The former governor’s August 11 comment, the group added, only succeeded in “exposing his hypocrisy and obsession with double standards.”

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