Facts are emerging on why prominent Yoruba leaders have vowed not to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd.), in the March 28 presidential elections.

Prominent Yoruba leaders and groups, including the two factions of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPF), the Afenifere Renewal Group and individual Yoruba leaders have sent in a flurry of support and endorsement of the candidature of incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

Sources close to the pan-Yoruba cultural group, Afenifere, have blamed the leader of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the woes that befell the South-West region in the present administration, especially as it concerns the loss of the Speakership of the House of Representatives.

One of the sources claimed it was Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that sponsored current Speaker, Aminu Bello Tambuwal, against the only Yoruba candidate to the post, Mrs. Mulikat Akande.

“The truth is that it was Tinubu’s backing of Tambuwal that eventually tipped the scale against the Yoruba nation. Because of that, the Yorubas are nowhere in the pecking order of this government. We are not the president, we are not the vice, we are not in the Senate and we are not in the House of Representatives. How do we support someone so selfish that he has to sell the privileges of the Yoruba nation to outsiders?” the source, who does not want to be named, said.

He went on to list other alleged sins of Tinubu and was certain that no Yoruba person worth his heritage would support anything projected by the man that is also popularly called the Jagaban.

According to the source, “The truth is that Tinubu has practically usurped the economy of Yoruba’s richest state. As we speak, the economy of Lagos is Tinubu and Tinubu is the economy of Lagos. We believe in equity and fairness and we are convinced Tinubu does not represent this.”

The source added that the position of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as vice president

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Change is coming, Even IF GMB is rigged out of winning the election, The change movement has began and we shall soon see results
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Well i think they are all lilly livered human beings. I used to hate tinubu but i discovered recently that he is a very bold person and he is d only yoruba man standing where many are licking peoples boots so they can all go to hell if dey want weda afenifere or oodua. What hv theu contributed to d yoruba race? Tinubu is d last of a dying breed. Is it bode george or kashamu dat we want to pledge our support too? Yoruba were born kingmakers and not bootlickers.

na una sabi

na una sabi all we want is change

jemype:
Well i think they are all lilly livered human beings. I used to hate tinubu but i discovered recently that he is a very bold person and he is d only yoruba man standing where many are licking peoples boots so they can all go to hell if dey want weda afenifere or oodua. What hv theu contributed to d yoruba race? Tinubu is d last of a dying breed. Is it bode george or kashamu dat we want to pledge our support too? Yoruba were born kingmakers and not bootlickers.

God bless you brother. I'm in a Tinubu state of mind, nitori were ita la she n ni ti inu ile.
BAT is one man Goodluck will never forget in his life.

I tell u bro oo. Na sTrong proverb b dat oo.

7lives:


God bless you brother. I'm in a Tinubu state of mind, nitori were ita la she n ni ti inu ile.
BAT is one man Goodluck will never forget in his life.