By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
Renowned flutist and former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, has advised Nigerians to vote against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Bola Tinubu.
He said Tinubu, though his in-law, was older than he had claimed and therefore unfit to run the country as expected.
According to him, the former Lagos State governor’s entire life is too shrouded in secrecy to be handed the top job of leading a country that is down the drain.
The musician was responding to a Facebook post by one Yemi Olakitan, who had declared his support for the politician, whom he said was just 70.
But Tee Mac, in his characteristic manner, interrupted, alleging that Tinubu was no younger than 86 years old.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians not to vote for him, stressing that he was not qualified to run the country as president with all the unanswered questions surrounding his life.
For instance, he pointed out that, the controversies surrounding Tinubu’s age, background and how he made his money remained unresolved.
“Anybody can choose any candidate, but an intelligent person will ask himself the question: do I choose rightly? Is the man qualified? Is he honest?
“Did he tell us the truth about his age, background and how he made his money? Is this man healthy enough at 86 to take up the task of a totally run-down country?” Tee Mac averred.
The flutist said he stopped visiting Tinubu after he sold President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians in 2015, adding that even as his in-law, he would not support his ambition to rule Nigeria.
“You see, Tinubu is my in-law. His wife Remi is my cousin. Her Itsekiri mother and my Itsekiri mother are sisters.
“I have known Tinubu since the mid 1980s personally and even arranged for him to stay in my stepfather’s house (Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony) in London, when he went on exile.
“I stopped supporting him and stopped family visits etc when he sold that Buhari to the nation in 2015.
“My advice to the nation is that this man is absolutely not qualified to become our next president,” he wrote.
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