The Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming general election, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been advised to decamp to Labour Party.
This advice emanated from the Acting National Leader of Afenifere Yoruba Socio-Cultural Group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo.
According to Adebanjo, Senator Bola Tinubu should decamp to the Labour Party(LP) in his own interest, if he still wants to be relevant in politics.
Adebanjo gave the advice in Abeokuta on Saturday while speaking at the Presidential campaign rally of Labour Party (LP) Candidate, Peter Obi held at the Ake Palace ground, Alake Palace in Abeokuta.
According to Adebanjo, the Labour Party (LP) will take over leadership of the country in the forthcoming elections.
Adebanjo took a swipe at Tinubu for declaring that it is his turn as a Yoruba man to become next President.
In the opinion of Adebanjo, the Yorubas had their slot of President under the rule of Olusegun Obasanjo while Dr Goodluck Jonathan had the share of the South-South as President and Muhammadu Buhari enjoyed the slot of the North-West, as the outgoing President. By his judgement, the Presidency should now go to the South-East which Peter Obi represents.
The Afenifere chieftain said Yoruba should not be seen as being greedy in sharing formula of the Presidency, and said Tinubu should rather join forces with the South-East under Obi, to work towards the success of the Labour Party (LP) in ruling the country in the next dispensation
“Obasanjo ruled as a Yoruba man from the South and then Yar adua from the North. When it was the turn of the South, it was Jonathan and then it went to the North and we had Buhari. Is it right for it to come to the South and a Yoruba will say it is my turn”, he asked rhetorically.
According to Adebanjo, the assumed support Tinubu is banking on from the Northerners was nothing but a fluke and a deceit. He therefore, encouraged Tinubu to urgently retrace his steps and support Obi to become the next President.
Obi during the rally charged Nigerians to join hands with him to take the country back. The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) called on Nigerians, particularly the electorates to join hands with him in building a new Nigeria.
Obi , at the campaign rally asserted that he was the best option for the country at this point in time.
” I am a proud Nigerian, I am contesting because among all of us I am the most qualified and competent. Help us build a new Nigeria. It is time for the youth to take over Nigeria. There will be a good change if I am elected as next President’, Obi asserted.
