ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim has described the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Ijele of Nigeria politics, saying that he has already won the 2023 presidential election.
Ohakim made the remark at a campaign programme organized for Tinubu to interface with business leaders in Imo.
Present at the meeting include the APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, APC vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and other eminent party members.
Quotng a Chinese world strategist who stated that victorious warriors win the war before they go to battle, while defeated warriors go to battle a seek how to win the battle, the former Imo Governor maintained that Tinubu has defeated and won the presidential race already.
His words: “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has defeated and won the war. He is here to just thank our people in advance for the battle he has already won.
“As you go home, you remember what I have come here to say that victorious generals anywhere in the world, they win the war before they go to battle.
“The documents we have all received here today, if you go through, you can see that the war has already been won.
“Our elders say a big masquerade does not stay too long in a dancing arena, else, it will lose its aura and lose its mysticism.
“Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a big masquerade. He is what the Igbos call Ijele of the politics of Nigeria. For him to come here today, accompanied by our National Chairman, accompanied by our Governor, Hope Uzodinma, accompanied by our Vice Presidential candidate, accompanied by eminent personalities of this country, i think he has completed the assignment today.
“He needs to come here and wave to all of us and go home. I want to welcome you here once again. I want to thank all of you for coming.”