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Group berates Tinubu’s silence over invasion of Justice Odili’s residence

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"q9EK3eET" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A political pressure group known as the South-west Frontiers has condemned the prolonged silence of the former Lagos state governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the invasion of the residence of a Supreme Court judge&comma; Justice Mary Odili by armed security operatives&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"LOQm9ySc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The group similarly faulted the APC leader&&num;8217&semi;s inaction about the recent collapse of a high rise building which is located a walking distance from to his private residence in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a press staatement signed Saturday by the President of the South-west Frontiers&comma; Prince Gbolahan Adepoju&comma; the group accused Tinubu of playing the ostrich in matters that involve rule of law and human lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the group&comma; it is unbecoming of an elder statesman in the caliber of the former Lagos state governor not to stand up for the ideals of a modern democratic society&comma; which the armed invasion of Justice Odili&&num;8217&semi;s residence signposts and not showing empathy to an accident that led to a wanton loss of human lives&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"xC6wSqYq" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The statement said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We have watched with consternation how our leader in the person of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu continues to defy the ethos of a democrat and the concept of Omoluabi that is enshrined in the code of conduct of the Yoruba people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It is rather unfortunate that the only thing in the air about Asiwaju Tinubu is his ambition to become Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s president in 2023&period; We do not have any issue with that&period; But we are very disappointed that Asiwaju Tinubu carries on as though nothing else matters other than his presidential ambition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;For someone who self-praises as a democrat&comma; it is an irony that Asiwaju&&num;8217&semi;s voice is missing in the outcry of condemnation against the armed invasion of a senior Supreme Court judge by security operatives&period; If silence means consent&comma; should it be taken therefore&comma; that the attack on a judge by state security agents gets the nod of Asiwaju Tinubu&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We are displeased by the posturing of Asiwaju Tinubu&comma; not just in the matter of Justice Mary Odili&comma; but in all other similar scenarios when the occasion demanded that he should speak truth to power&comma; and rather opted for the option of sacrificing his conscience for political expediency&period; That is not in the character of true democrats and statesmen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Also recently&comma; a high rise building in the precincts of the same Ikoyi where Asiwaju Tinubu lives collapsed&comma; killing scores of human beings&comma; and five days after the incident&comma; there has been no word of empathy from someone whose campaign credential for the 2023 presidency is on account of being Yoruba&period; But it is not part of Yoruba culture to lack empathy&period; Indeed&comma; like every other civilized culture&comma; the Yoruba understand that charity begins at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Had the Ikoyi building collapse happened elsewhere in the country&comma; our Asiwaju would have been amongst the first to race to the site and announce a handsome amount as donation to the families of those affected by the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Again&comma; we are not against such charity&period; But when it is done selectively and even in a style that isolates your own people&comma; it leaves much to be said about the character of the donor and strikes a blot on the intentions behind that act&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; 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