OPINION BY ETIM ETIM: Bola Tinubu, MrUdomEmmanuel and the limits of political innuendoes | TheCable
against the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, and left behind a maelstrom of vendetta politics, anger and churning emotions. Inside the ensuing fireworks lies the everlasting truth: people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. It is an immemorial axiom we should all take to heart. This is what Tinubu said at the rally: “Akwa Ibom, you will not suffer again. That boy that brought Atiku here, that calls himself governor, tell him enough is enough. He lives in my backyard in Lagos.
I was stunned as I watched the whole thing on TV, and my initial reaction was that of anger and revulsion at such a barrage of insults dealt to our governor on our soil. Senator Godswill Akpabio was watching with glee, obviously cheering on Tinubu. Akpabio and the governor are sworn political foes. Other APC leaders in the state were on the podium, observing the macabre scene with apparent consternation.
Reactions came quick and pointed. The governor himself was visibly agitated the following day at an event at Government House. Voice shaking, he said that the insults from the former Lagos governor were unwarranted, after all, when Tinubu returned from exile in 1998, he as a young bank officer, had helped to rehabilitate him by facilitating a loan for him.
As a deaconess in Qua Iboe Church , the governor’s wife is particularly irked by the reference to scorpions by Tinubu because the Bible assures that God has “given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions…” How then could Tinubu be so irreverent to contemplate driving the husband away by the use of some invertebrates the deacon should be treading upon? The metaphor is unsettling! But it is Assam’s response that carries a greater poignancy.
I am not sure that dishing out insults to political opponents wins votes. Tinubu and Atiku have spent the last few months insulting each other, yet there’s no proof that their poll numbers have changed. Instead, the APC candidate is becoming more and more petulant, blaming everybody, including the presidency for his wobbly campaigns.
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