Wednesday, June 26, 2013
EMPEROR TINUBU IMPOSES DAUGHTER AS NEW IYALOJA OF LAGOS
The culture of imposition in Lagos continued recently as his Royal Majesty,Emperor Bola Tinubu ,the grand Emperor of the Kingdom of Lagos and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) pronounced his daughter,Folashade Tinubu-Ojo the new President General of market men and women in Lagos.The coronation took place at the 7th day prayer held by leaders of Market Association for the late Abibatu Mogaji at her Sunday Adigun residence in Ikeja,Lagos.
Tinubu who interrupted the prayer sessions to make the decree first told the market leaders that the house where Mogaji lived and died has been willed to the association.
Before the applause that followed could die down he went to the next item" " I also want to announce to you that the new Iyaloja of Lagos is Folashade Tinubu-ojo.We are in a new era.Besides,Mama was not older than her age when she became Iyaloja" By this time Sade was on her feet dancing with the father handing her envelopes filled with cash to distribute to the Alfas.
The market leaders dispersed with mixed feelings as they meet on Tuesday to review the coup Tinubu hatched.It would be recalled that Tinubu wife, Oluremi is currently a Senator in Lagos while her sister is a member of Lagos Assembly.The husband of Sade who has just been installed Iyaloja is a member of the House of Reps.Tinubu is indeed Lagos!Eko o ni baje ju bayii lo
Will someone remind Tinubu that the late Sage Obafemi Awolowo did not impose his wife and any other family members while he held sway as the leader of the Unity Party of Nigeria.Does it mean that the laid down ground rules that allows the market woman to chose who their next leader will be usurped by Tinubu just like that? Even if the Iyaloja is finally chosen,is it not the Oba of Lagos (Oba Akiolu) that should put the final stamp of authority on who ever the market women chooses to represent them? Tinubu is just pushing a self destruct button that will ultimately destroy the empire which he is trying to build in Nigeria. In addition,the late Alhaja Mogaji was NOT Tinubu's biological mother,so the issue of inheriting the postion in question does not even arise as Tinubu lacks any locus standi to ask his daughter to inherit the position of Iyaloja.
Meanwhile,the Lagos State PDP has warned former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, to rescind his decision to impose his young daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo, as the new Leader of Market Women in the State.In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, the Lagos state PDP said it noted “that the much touted democrat should allow the simple tenets of democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader for the Market women, more so as there is no cogent evidence that his nominee and daughter is a full time market woman.
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