Oriire and the courage to reject compromise, by Rotimi Fasan
The bad blood between Abuja and Ibadan, and by extension between the governor and the president, preceded the Ansaru-led abduction.
Makinde’s call for an independent probe flies in the face of the governor’s initial expression of gratitude to the president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was the first to thank the governor in his own statement after the abductees were rescued.
Until Peter Obi decided to insert himself into the narrative by saying he had been told during a to SeyiMakinde that President Bola Tinubu had not spoken to the governor since the abduction occurred, nobody heard anything in public concerning that from SeyiMakinde.
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