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Group urges Obasanjo to stop undermining Yoruba’s interest

By Azeez Olorunlomeru
05 March 2023   |   4:10 am
The Congress for Rights Of Yoruba Nationalities (CROYN) has warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from subverting the yearnings, aspirations, and development of Yoruba people, noting that his actions and utterances since the days of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo..

Obasanjo. Photo/FACEBOOK//MrUdomEmmanuel

The Congress for Rights Of Yoruba Nationalities (CROYN) has warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from subverting the yearnings, aspirations, and development of Yoruba people, noting that his actions and utterances since the days of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo had been undermining the collective goal and legitimate desires of the region.

   
The group, in a statement by its Chairman, Abiodun Fanoro, and the General Secretary, Tunde Aiyenumelo, condemned the position of Obasanjo on the just held presidential election in which a Yoruba son, Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged winner, but the former president called for its nullification and a fresh election.
   
The group said that it was ironical and unfortunate that Obasanjo, who 30 years ago, played a conspiratorial role in the subversion of a similar mandate by a Yoruba son, the late Chief M. K. O Abiola.
   
“CROYN advises Obasanjo to end his un-provoked aggressions against Tinubu, dated back to when Tinubu was Lagos State governor. Yoruba people without hindrance have accorded Obasanjo his human and democratic right of choice of candidate and voting for his choice.

Therefore, as a self-respected person, he should allow Yoruba people to choose their own candidate and the sanctity of that choice as endorsed by the majority of voters.”
  
It charged the Owu chief to emulate self-respected former leaders such as Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalam Abubakar, and Good-luck Jonathan who after leaving office have continued to play the role of true statesmen and genuine patriots as ambassadors for peace, unity, and security, distancing themselves from partisanship.

 

 

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