Fayose Decries APC’s Humiliation Of Tinubu
*Says It Is A Humiliation Of The Yoruba Race –
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the current tirade against national leader of All Progressive Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as ‘dishonourable’ and ‘humiliating to the Yoruba race’.
The governor said this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Friday.
The governor, while noting that the attack on Tinubu was a grand conspiracy and crude attempt to humiliate and reduce the political influence of the national leader, added that the humiliation of Tinubu is a humiliation of the Yoruba race.
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Recall that there had been a concurrent attack on Tinubu, who was also accused of being against the emergence of Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate ahead of the 2015 presidential election.
The governor who stated that Yoruba leaders must be protected irrespective of political affiliations, said, “even though I am not a member of APC and I will never be, I have elected to stand in defence of the Yoruba nation once again by saying no to the continuous dishonourable treatment being meted to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, having paid his dues.
“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.
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“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!
“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.
“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.
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“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.”
