I'll never support anybody Tinubu supports, he has caused me so much pain - Gani Adams

Gani Adams                  Bola Tinubu

The National Coordinator of the Oo’dua Peoples Congress (OPC), Comrade Gani Adams, on Saturday said that All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not deserve being called a leader and so, he will never support any candidate supported by him.

He made this known in an interview with The PUNCH, expressing that his disagreement with the APC leader was beyond politics and dates back to 2011.

“We had some people who left our group (OPC) because he was financing them to break it" Gani Adams said, "they couldn’t break it, so they left." he added.

"We continued to address the issue; even in the media, people were asking what I had with Tinubu, but they couldn’t find any reason. I decided that if I didn’t tell the whole world, my life and integrity would be at stake.

“That was one of the reasons that I decided that if Tinubu goes to A, I will go to B. Somebody who has been working to block my progress for the past seven years; if I support him to be in power, he will do worse. Even though he is supporting the right candidate, I will go for the wrong candidate.

On allegations about him attacking Tinubu or APC during the just concluded elections, Adams said “When I asked around, people told me what he (Tinubu) was hammering on was that I attacked him during the election. Did I use thugs to attack him? Is there any report in any police station that the OPC attacked the APC because of the Peoples Democratic Party?

“I told them that anybody that would allow the APC to attack the OPC would not die well. I said, ‘Now, we are supporting Jonathan as our candidate. But that does not mean we are thugs of the PDP and that does not mean we are members of the PDP. Go to the polling booth, vote, and go back.’

“The late Gani Fawehinmi, stopped representing my group because of Tinubu. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo hates me with a passion because of Tinubu. The former National Vice Chairman, PDP, Bode George could not trust me because of Tinubu. 

"The late former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, before he died, could not trust me because of Tinubu. At a point, Gbenga Daniel was skeptical about me because of Tinubu,” the OPC leader added.