A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged political and conventional leaders in Southern Nigeria to guard President Bola Tinubu from a number of elite people from the North who’re hell-bent on stopping his reelection bid in 2027.
Oyintiloye made the remarks whereas talking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo.
He stated Tinubu had been a good friend of the North and had all the time supported its political trigger; therefore, he deserves to benefit from the assist of the area for his second-term bid.
He, nonetheless, expressed concern {that a} splinter group from the North typically types itself right into a clique every time a Southerner is the President and makes use of each accessible means, together with blackmail, to destroy his authorities.
Oyintiloye stated the nation’s political historical past wouldn’t neglect the embarrassment Southern Presidents typically suffered by the hands of a tiny part of the North of their quest to hijack energy.
“This has been recurring, and the nation’s political historical past received’t neglect the sort of intimidation Southern Presidents typically suffered by the hands of only a few males from the North who all the time mount critical opposition to the reelection bid of such President.
“However within the case of President Bola Tinubu, he has carried out sufficient to get the assist of the main energy block within the North.
“Subsequently, the time has come for the area to additional put the tiny few behind the mischief being plotted in opposition to the President the place they actually belong.
“These people are self-appointed leaders of the North, so the area’s recognised political leaders and royal fathers can’t proceed to look at the development and permit blackmail in opposition to Tinubu to realize traction,” Oyintiloye stated.
The previous lawmaker additionally known as on political leaders and conventional rulers from Southern Nigeria to not make themselves accessible for some rejected politicians from the North who’re plotting in opposition to Tinubu.
He stated, “And that is the extra motive the Southern leaders should rise and rally assist for the President.
“This assist is important to place an finish to the constant, detrimental political trajectory that second-term bids, every time a Southerner is the President, typically observe.
“They need to protect the President in opposition to unwarranted assaults from only a handful of politicians from the North.”
He additionally appealed to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who’s Chairman of the Council of Southern Conventional Rulers, and the co-chairmen, Obi of Obinugwu, Cletus Illomuanya, and King Jaja of Opobo, Dandeson Jaja, with the Secretary of the council, Benjamin Ikenchuku Keagborekuzi I, Dein of Agbor, to champion the assist for the President inside the area and work with their colleagues from the North to make sure victory for Tinubu in 2027.
“I additionally wish to advise ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Prof. Wole Soyinka, former President of the Nigeria Senate, Ken Nnamani, and different Southern elders to rise to the event and cease a repeat of detrimental historical past.
“They need to defend Southern Nigeria from the few Northern energy mongers,” he additional stated.
Oyintiloye, who declared that Tinubu’s reelection would stabilise Nigeria, additionally said that the President, in his second time period, would proceed to make sure equity within the federal authorities’s developmental drive for all areas within the nation.
