Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele
Fayose has described the current tirade against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a grand
conspiracy and crude attempt to humiliate and reduce the political influence of
the national leader of All Progressive Congress.
Condemning the attack on Tinubu,
Fayose said “humiliation of Tinubu is as good as humiliation of the Yoruba
race,” adding that “Yoruba leaders must be protected”.
The governor said; “even though I am
not a member of APC and I will never be, I was elected to stand in defence of
the Yoruba nation once again I say no to the continuous dishonourable treatment
being meted to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, having paid his dues.”
Speaking through his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor
Fayose, said; “if Tinubu is allowed to be embarrassed and disgraced just the
way our past leaders were humiliated by these same elements, the Yoruba nation
would have been made to suffer for uprightness.”
The governor condemned the Tuesday,
sponsored protest against the APC leader at the party’s national secretariat,
saying; “it is unfortunate that Tinubu is now being vilified in a party he
invested heavily in and his fellow kinsmen that he brought up politically are
part of this conspiracy.
“In their desperation, they have
even tried to set him against the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, by insinuating
that tried to prevent his (Osinbajo) emergence as President Mohammadu Buhari’s
running mate, this is sad!”
He lamented that “when other tribes
protect its own, it is becoming historically common among the Yorubas to allow
themselves to be used against their leaders just for momentary political gains
at the expense of the collective interests of the Yoruba nation.
“It should be noted that late Chief
Obafemi Awolowo was sent to jail by the conspiracy and collaboration of some
Yorubas with the external aggressors.”
Governor Fayose said; “Tinubu is a
prominent stakeholder, we should not sit back and watch while those he used his
own sweat to make conspired with others to humiliate him.
“Most importantly, it is my position
that irrespective of political affiliation, no leader of the Yoruba nation must
be vilified unduly, especially by the same people who humiliated our past
leaders like Obafemi Awolowo, Adekunle Ajasin, Bola Ige, Bisi Onabanjo, Lateef
Jakande and others.
“To me, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu should
not be seen just as an APC leader, but acknowledged as a major stakeholder in
the Yoruba nation that we must all protect beyond politics.
”It should be recalled that these
were among the issues that I raised when I visited Governor Rauf Aregbesola of
Osun State few months ago on the need to work together beyond party
affiliations.
“Here in Yorubaland, it is said that
if a household is at peace, it is because the bastard child of the family is
yet to attain the age of maturity and those people that Asiwaju Tinubu made,
but are now being used against him should watch it.
“I therefore condemn this conspiracy
against Asiwaju Tinubu and I admonish those that are hoping to make political
benefits from it to have a rethink.”
The governor, who called for greater
unity among the Yorubas, added that; “We are first Yorubas before becoming
members of political parties, it is my opinion that our leaders must be
defended and protected not-minding the personal gains of today.”
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