Outgoing Pro-chancellor of the University of Ibadan,
southwest Nigeria, General Adeyinka Adebayo, has lashed out at President
Goodluck Jonathan over his removal.
The 87-year-old former western region governor was eased out of his post less than two years into a four-year tenure.
Deploring
the manner in which he was removed, General Adebayo, father of former
Ekiti State Governor, Adeniyi Adebayo, admonished the president to
imbibe the culture of respecting elders in addition to demonstrating
civility in his public conduct if given the chance to rule the country
again or to be in any leadership position.
“True your
time in office is short, but who knows, providence may yet again smile
on you, and you might once again mount the saddle of leadership whenever
this happens and even if it never does, my prayer for you is that you
imbibe the culture of civility in your future endeavours,” he said.
General
Adebayo berated the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau over
the ‘disrespectful’ manner his appointment was abruptly terminated.
He added: “At the risk of sounding immodest, I must say
that I do not deserve such indecorous treatment from your minister of
eduction, who I believe must have acted with a measure of approval from
you or your office. This abrupt termination of my tenure, while being
seen as a welcome respite by my children and grand children, is all the
same quite demeaning of my person.”
After his March 28
electoral loss, President Jonathan has gone on a strange sacking spree
and appointing new people to replce those sacked, and insisting he is
still in charge till May 29.
According to Comrade Shehu
Sani of The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), “President
Jonathan’s last minute hiring and firing policy is aimed at venting his
anger against those whom he felt betrayed him and at the same time
planting new lackeys who will act as fifth columnists and internal
saboteurs for the incoming administration.”
Source:PM News
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