Former presidential candidate and media mogul,\u00a0Dele Momodu, has stated<\/span>\u00a0that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) harbours more aggrieved politicians than the newly formed opposition coalition.<\/h2>\nNaija News<\/strong> reports that Momodu, a known supporter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, made the remark in an interview shared on his official Facebook page on Sunday.<\/p>\nSpeaking on criticisms from APC members who labelled the opposition coalition as a gathering of disgruntled politicians, Momodu dismissed the claim as \u201cdishonest and misleading.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cIt is not a crime to be aggrieved. There is a Yoruba saying that you cannot beat a child and expect the child not to cry. It is normal.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cIs there any politician who is totally happy in this world? Are people not attacking Donald Trump in America?<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cPeople must be aggrieved. Somebody worked for you, almost killing himself, having sleepless nights, travelling up and down, risking his life in Nasir El-Rufai.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cAnd then when it came to confirm him for ordinary ministerial appointment, in a country where the legislature rubberstamps everything that the president wants, suddenly they said they had security report. What kind of security report?<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cOf course somebody was suddenly afraid of his rise and they knocked him out. Are you saying he should not be aggrieved?<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cAnd then people say it like only the coalition politicians are aggrieved.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cThere are more aggrieved people in the APC than in the coalition.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cThere are people waiting to be commissioners, ministers, ambassadors and in over two years, Tinubu <\/a>has not appointed ambassadors.<\/em><\/p>\n
Speaking on criticisms from APC members who labelled the opposition coalition as a gathering of disgruntled politicians, Momodu dismissed the claim as \u201cdishonest and misleading.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cIt is not a crime to be aggrieved. There is a Yoruba saying that you cannot beat a child and expect the child not to cry. It is normal.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIs there any politician who is totally happy in this world? Are people not attacking Donald Trump in America?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cPeople must be aggrieved. Somebody worked for you, almost killing himself, having sleepless nights, travelling up and down, risking his life in Nasir El-Rufai.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnd then when it came to confirm him for ordinary ministerial appointment, in a country where the legislature rubberstamps everything that the president wants, suddenly they said they had security report. What kind of security report?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOf course somebody was suddenly afraid of his rise and they knocked him out. Are you saying he should not be aggrieved?<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnd then people say it like only the coalition politicians are aggrieved.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere are more aggrieved people in the APC than in the coalition.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere are people waiting to be commissioners, ministers, ambassadors and in over two years, Tinubu <\/a>has not appointed ambassadors.<\/em><\/p>\n