Directorate of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), on Tuesday, took on the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, over his attack on Chief  Femi Fani-Kayode, saying President Goodluck Jonathan does not need his (Tinubu’s) advice about the president’s campaign spokesperson.

The Directorate, in a statement, said: “We read with amusement the so-called advice from Senator Tinubu to our presidential candidate, President Jonathan, about Chief Fani-Kayode. The truth is that it is better for Tinubu to not only keep his advice to himself, but to also search his soul and his conscience.  He is the biggest traitor this country has ever known.

“He betrayed every single person he worked with, threw them to the dogs at the last minute for a price. During the days of NADECO, he betrayed the cause by colluding with the government of the day secretly while pretending to be a NADECO leader.

“While he was with the late Chief MKO Abiola, he betrayed him. When he came back to Nigeria and participated in the elections, he betrayed those who made him governor of Lagos State- the leaders of Afenifere, Papa Ayo Adebanjo and the late Papa Abraham Adesanya.

“Tinubu betrayed all the elders and traditional rulers of Yorubaland.  He had no business being governor in 1999, had it not been for the fact they just put him there to compensate him for roles he claimed he played during the NADECO struggle, a role which, in fact, he did not play.  The man who should have been governor was the late Funso Williams. In the end, he not only took Williams’ position, but betrayed him too. 

“After he finished using the elders and leaders in Yorubaland to attain power during his tenure as governor, he eventually betrayed them as well. He not only betrayed them, but also insulted them and denigrated all that they valued, cherished and stood for.

“He also betrayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo after entering a secret deal with him (Obasanjo) to betray the Alliance for Democracy (AD), his own party, during the 2003 elections. During that election, Tinubu sold his soul and betrayed the governors of his own party which was then known as the AD.

“After that he entered a deal with the late President Umaru Yar’Adua and Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Mecca, pledging to support Yar’Adua as long as he was allowed to hold on to the South-West and as long as he would be protected from the EFCC. He got what he wanted, but later betrayed Yar’Adua and Atiku.

“In 2011, he lured Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to become the presidential candidate of his party, which was then known as the ACN. After using Ribadu to gain some badly-needed credibility at the federal level, he later betrayed him and dumped him by once again entering into a deal with others. 

“He ordered the transfer of votes from his own party’s candidate, Ribadu, to the candidate of the PDP, President Jonathan, all in the hope that he would be allowed to continue his nonsense in the South-West without any challenge from the Federal Government. Tinubu did all these things for a price.

“It is in the same way he betrayed Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, former governor Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State, Chief Tom Ikimi of Edo State, Alhaji Kashim Imam of Borno State and countless others. 

“The truth is that this man had sold his followers for a pittance and he is leading them into perdition. He wants to buy and sell Nigeria too and it is time for somebody to tell him that Nigeria is not for sale. This is what Chief Fani-Kayode and others are in the process of doing.

“Now, it is very clear that Tinubu is going to betray the APC and its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. So, if anybody needs advice, it is Buhari and not President Jonathan.

“As long as Tinubu is by his side, Buhari should watch his back and sleep with one eye wide open. This is because at the end of the day, Tinubu will not only use him, but after using him and draining him of all that he has, he will betray and dump him.

“If anybody needs advice, it is not President Jonathan, but Major-General Buhari and we, again, say that Tinubu should search his soul and conscience. Unlike Tinubu, there is nothing that Chief Fani-Kayode has said privately that he has not said publicly about anybody, including President Jonathan. 

“This is because, unlike Tinubu, Chief Fani-Kayode is courageous with his convictions. With him, you know exactly where you stand, as he will always speak his mind.  Tinubu is the opposite.  He has no courage; he has no convictions; he has no principle; he has no loyalty and he has no decorum or decency. All he wants to do is corner all the resources of Nigeria to himself the same way he has cornered the resources of the APC-controlled states of the South-Western zone and Lagos State.