On Monday, The Patriots Roundtable expressed optimism that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has the capacity to renew Nigerians’ hopes and heal broken places as president of the country.
According to the group’s Director-General, Prince Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, Tinubu will “deny himself the company of family and friends for the greater good of the nation he wishes to serve,” unlike other presidential candidates.
“In almost fervid and compelling campaign stomps, Bola Tinubu has swept through the mangroves of Delta, the vast ringing plains of Kano, the desert of Adamawa, the limitless savanna of Yobe, the hills of Ondo, the town halls and city centers of Abuja and Lagos,” the statement titled “Tinubu: Visibility Spells Victory” reads.
“Most importantly, Tinubu has marshaled his campaign in the comprehensive enlightened pen of an army of adherents in a devoted, hardened determination to get his presidential message across the vast Nigerian landscape in a battle enforced in totality.
“Unlike his competitors, Tinubu is clearly demonstrating the first principle of electoral victory and visibility in his strong and steadfast campaign.
Yes. Visibility. No one wins an election in the hushed huddle of a foreign isle or the quiet repose of a residential closet where friends shout feigned hurrah in glib celebratory orgies.
“No. Elections are won in the direct intimacy of the crowd, in the passion of the candidate amid the wild animation of the converted, who henceforth throng out with great conviction, to recruit more adherents into the fold.
For the candidate who is fixated on the vision of ultimate victory, he will devote himself completely physically and mentally. He will give up his personal freedom, abstain from all fleeting pleasures, and forego the company of family and friends for the greater good of the nation he wishes to serve.
“It is through his commitment that he gains respect and credibility. It is in this decisive resolve that the candidate soars above all his competitors, eviscerating their presence, dwindling their relevance, and relegating them to the margins.
“This, in our view, is exactly the mirror image of the present presidential contest. While Tinubu is abused and traduced for many imagined physical trappings, while he is unfairly mocked and vilified in scathing vituperations, nothing sticks to the Jagaban Borgu, as former President Ronald Reagan was once dubbed with the Teflon coating.
“He dismisses all vitriol with enigmatic indifference. He absorbs all sadistic in-temperament with incredible bravery, dismissing the stings of scurrility with the heroic latitude of one whose mission is clear, whose vision is certain, whose goal is steadfast and unwavering.
“The skeptics keep forgetting that slander is not a virtue. And that resorting to grim desperation yields no results. They should follow Tinubu’s passionate commitment to the presidential goal, as well as his sworn decisive armory to renew Nigerian hope, enhance our values, and heal our broken places.” All of this he does in a genuine vigorous campaign mantra from state to state, as if preaching the gospel of the Nigerian Union’s greater possibilities.
“To win, you must be visible. To win, you must reach out, build structures, and broaden your support base to the most remote corners of the electorate. Except for Tinubu, no one else is doing this.
“Pray, how do you beat such a man in this presidential contest when you are locked up in peripheral outpost of relevance , junketing to foreign isle, mistaken the transient hurrah of the conjured mob for political strength?
“How do you beat a man who continues to widen the national network of allies with easy familiarity, embracing former foes without lurking prejudice, defining his salvaging message amid grueling campaign schedule while forfeited men crawl in circles of hate and malice, conjuring innuendos as if it were a pathway to victory?
“It will never occur.
Victory is found in visibility, hard work, and a strong commitment to the greater good.”
