Northerners gained’t vote for you, Adebanjo tells Tinubu

The chief of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, on Saturday, suggested the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to withdraw his candidacy for his counterpart in Labour Get together, Peter Obi.

The pan-Yoruba chief urged Tinubu to save lots of himself from the disgrace of shedding on the polls, saying the northers is not going to vote for him.

Adebanjo who was accompanied by one other chief of Afenifere, Senator Femi Okunronmu, acknowledged this on the presidential marketing campaign rally of the LP in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Adebanjo predicted that Tinubu could be dissatisfied by the northerners on the polls.

He described the LP as the brand new bride to the Nationwide Democratic Coalition which in accordance with him would save Nigerians from the misrule of the APC.

Adebanjo stated, “All people who know Tinubu ought to inform him, I’ve at all times informed him and I’ll inform him once more, the northerners is not going to vote for him.

“He (Tinubu) ought to come again house now and help Obi as a result of after they lastly defeat him, he gained’t have the braveness to come back again house once more, if he comes again now, we are going to forgive him and take him again.

“I’ve informed you earlier than and I need to say it once more, Labour Get together is now NADECO, these of us supporting Obi are those that need good governance, we wish Nigeria to be higher, we need to liberate ourselves from the captivity of the ruling class.

“We’re behind Obi, leaders of progressive motion are behind Obi. These fraudsters parading themselves as Yoruba don’t love the nation. Yorubas don’t take issues that belong to different tribes. A Yoruba has been President earlier than.”

Obi had earlier paid a go to to the Alake and the Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, at his palace.

Addressing the youths at a city corridor assembly held throughout the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Obi described Nigeria as a failed state and some of the unsecured international locations on this planet “which is now not in charge of your territory”.

He stated, “For me, I’ve served the individuals of Anambra State and was rated as primary within the implementation of the Millennium Improvement Targets and the information are there. Even within the areas of schooling and taking individuals out of poverty with out borrowing a Kobo from anyone; I paid all of the pensions being owed earlier than I assumed workplace.

“So, let presidential candidates come out and present Nigerians what they’ve executed prior to now earlier than aspiring to manipulate the nation.

“We’re decided for a brand new Nigeria. We wish people who find themselves assured, and who’re certified for the job. This yr’s election may be very important, we will now not be comfy with incompetence. We wish individuals who will present dedication; this job requires bodily and psychological power. So, we wish people who find themselves prepared for the job. Myself and Datti need to change Nigeria.

“I and Datti need to change Nigeria; we’re the one set of individuals that may try this. We’ve got the capability to do this and that’s the reason we’re saying that you must entrust us with the nation, and we are going to make it an incredible nation. Maintain us accountable to take care of this matter.

“Nigeria is a good nation, however we have now all allowed it to be within the arms of the few who have no idea the way to handle it. Your Majesty, that’s the reason we’re right here to plead to your blessings. We all know that no royal father goes into politics, however when your topics are dying and for those who don’t intervene, at some point, they may come for you for there isn’t a different, please, save them.”