Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the attack on
\nAsiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying; \u201chumiliation of Tinubu is as good as
\nhumiliation of the Yoruba race.”<\/p>\n
The governor said; \u201ceven though I am not a member of APC and I will never
\nbe, I have elected to stand in defence of the Yoruba nation once again by
\nsaying no to the continuous dishonourable treatment being meted to Asiwaju
\nBola Tinubu, having paid his dues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New
\nMedia, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose,\u00a0 said; \u201cif Tinubu is allowed to be
\nembarrassed and disgraced just the way our past leaders were humiliated by
\nthese same elements, the Yoruba nation would have been made to suffer for
\nuprightness.\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor condemned the Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, sponsored protest against the APC \u201cIn their desperation, they have even tried to set him against the Vice He lamented that \u201cwhen other tribes protect own, it is becoming “It should be noted that late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was sent to jail by Governor Fayose said; “Tinubu is a prominent stakeholder, we should not \u201cMost importantly, it is my position that irrespective of political \u201cTo me, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu should not be seen just as an APC leader, but \u201dIt should be recalled that these were among the issues that I raised when \u201cHere in Yorubaland, it is said that if a household is at peace, it is \u201cI therefore condemn this conspiracy against Asiwaju Tinubu and I admonish The governor, who called for greater unity among the Yorubas, added that; Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the attack on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying; \u201chumiliation of Tinubu is as good as humiliation of the Yoruba race.” The governor said;…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nleader at the party\u2019s national secretariat, saying; \u201cit is unfortunate
\nthat Tinubu is now being vilified in a party he invested heavily in and
\nhis fellow kinsmen that he brought up politically are part of this
\nconspiracy.<\/p>\n
\nPresident, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, by insinuating that tried to prevent his
\n(Osinbajo) emergence as President Mohammadu Buhari\u2019s running mate, this is
\nsad!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nhistorically common among the Yorubas to allow themselves to be used
\nagainst their leaders just for momentary political gains at the expense of
\nthe collective interests of the Yoruba nation.<\/p>\n
\nthe conspiracy and collaboration of some Yorubas with the external
\naggressors.”<\/p>\n
\nsit back and watch while those he used his own sweat to make conspired
\nwith others to humiliate him.<\/p>\n
\naffiliation, no leader of the Yoruba nation must be vilified unduly,
\nespecially by the same people who humiliated our past leaders like Obafemi
\nAwolowo, Adekunle Ajasin, Bola Ige, Bisi Onabanjo, Lateef Jakande and
\nothers.<\/p>\n
\nacknowledged as a major stakeholder in the Yoruba nation that we must all
\nprotect beyond politics.<\/p>\n
\nI visited Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State few months ago on the
\nneed to work together beyond party affiliations.<\/p>\n
\nbecause the bastard child of the family is yet to attain the age of
\nmaturity and those people that Asiwaju Tinubu made, but are now being used
\nagainst him should watch it.<\/p>\n
\nthose that are hoping to make political benefits from it to have a
\nrethink.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe are first Yorubas before becoming members of political parties, it is
\nmy opinion that our leaders must be defended and protected not-minding the
\npersonal gains of today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"