Ayodele Fayose,
the governor of Ekiti State, has condemned the attack on the erstwhile
APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying; “humiliation of Tinubu
is as good as humiliation of the Yoruba race.”
Fayose said even though he isn’t a
member of the ruling party and will never be, he is standing in defence
of the Yoruba nation “by saying no to the continuous dishonourable
treatment” being meted to Tinubu, because the former Lagos governor has
paid his dues.
“If Tinubu is allowed to be embarrassed
and disgraced just the way our past leaders were humiliated by these
same elements, the Yoruba nation would have been made to suffer for
uprightness,” Fayose said in a statement on Friday, October 7, 2016
signed by his new media aide, Lere Olayinka.
Commenting on the protest against Tinubu
at the APC secretariat on Thursday, Fayose said the “sponsored” protest
is “unfortunate,” considering how Tinubu invested heavily in the
formation of the APC. He said it was especially sad that Tinubu’s fellow
kinsmen who he brought up politically are part of the conspiracy
against him.
“In their desperation, they have even
tried to set him against the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, by
insinuating that he tried to prevent his (Osinbajo) emergence as
President Mohammadu Buhari’s running mate, this is sad!”
He said Yorubas kept allowing themselves
to be used against their leaders for momentary political gains at
the expense of the collective interests of the Yoruba nation, citing the
example of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who was sent to jail by the
“conspiracy and collaboration of some Yorubas with the
external aggressors.”
Governor Fayose said “we should not sit
back and watch while those he used his own sweat to make conspired with
others to humiliate him.
“To me, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu should not
be seen just as an APC leader, but acknowledged as a major stakeholder
in the Yoruba nation that we must all protect beyond politics.
”It should be recalled that these were
among the issues that I raised when I visited Governor Rauf Aregbesola
of Osun State few months ago on the need to work together beyond party
affiliations.
“Here in Yorubaland, it is said that if a
household is at peace, it is because the bastard child of the family is
yet to attain the age of maturity and those people that Asiwaju Tinubu
made, but are now being used against him should watch it.
“I therefore condemn this conspiracy
against Asiwaju Tinubu and I admonish those that are hoping to make
political benefits from it to have a rethink.”
“We are first Yorubas before becoming
members of political parties, it is my opinion that our leaders must be
defended and protected not-minding the personal gains of today,” he
said.
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