Tinubu is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress. He just recently stated interest to contest in the 2023 presidential election.

Ojudu worried that his choice not to support Tinubu was based upon individual conviction, adding that any coercion to do otherwise would not be democratic.

In a declaration on Tuesday, Ojudu, who operates in the Office of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), stated his refusal to support the presidential goal of the previous Lagos State governor must not portray him as a betrayer.

According to the statement titled, ‘Principled Political Choices are not Betrayal’, the governmental assistant said though he had actually benefited from Tinubu’s generosity in the past, he was not made by the APC leader.

Ojudu wrote, “The idea that everybody who has related with Tinubu and disagrees with him on this Presidential quote is a betrayal and a traitor is puerile. A lot of us, his partners, were not made by him as you also want the world to think.

“We were currently made before fulfilling him and in the cause of relating we gave one another a helping hand … So, on this matter of 2023 I want him (Tinubu) well however I can not in great conscience offer him my assistance or cast my vote for him in the coming primary. It is my right. I am above 60 years of age for God sake. I practically passed away seeking this inalienable democratic rights, held up in detention and severally tortured. Your god is not my god.

“Let no one think he can browbeat or blackmail me to do what does not go with my conscience or my perfects. Enough of your phone dangers and humiliation of my family members.”

“For the irritants who have been sending out risk messages to me and members of my family or calling to abuse me for not supporting Tinubu, do understand that is not democracy. It is something else. I spent my youth years fighting autocracy and intolerance of the military and I am ready and still ready, even now, to stand up for what I believe, even if it will cost me my life. Enough said,” he added.

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