Chief Ebenezer Babatope, the former Minister of Transport and Aviation, has said that the alleged marginalization of South-West people should be blamed on Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC.President Goodluck Jonathan has been largely berated for side-lining people from the South-West in key positions in his cabinet, but Babatope, who said Yoruba leaders are sleeping on the matter, said the President shouldn’t be blamed.
“We the elders of the zone are not resting and I know that very soon, the President would do something about it. The position of CBN governor is still open and that of the CG of Customs is there. However, we must blame the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for colluding with some members of the PDP in the House of Representatives to deny the South-West of the position of the Speaker.
“These are the same people inciting the people against the President. Look at how the CBN Governor was raving before the Senate few days ago that the actual money that was missing was $20b. The same man had initially quoted different figures of $49 and $12b respectively.
“Imagine the CBN boss coming out to say that $49b was missing in a government agency like the NNPC and you expect people not to ask questions? They will even come to the conclusion that it was the PDP government that stole the money for elections. Some people will instigate innocent Nigerians to take to the streets based on false information.”
