Yoruba leaders meet Aiyedatiwa on Tinubu’s second term, appoint him life patron

Date: 14 September 2026 4:00am WAT

President Tinubu

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been appointed as one of the life patrons of “Yoruba Leaders of Thought.”

The group, led by former deputy governors of Oyo and Ogun States, Iyiola Oladokun and Segun Adesegun, on behalf of the leader and elder statesman, Tajudeen Olusi, announced the governor’s appointment at a strategic meeting held with him at the weekend on the second term ambition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

The Yoruba leaders intimated the governor on the efforts being made to ensure that the President realised his ambition and ensure continuity in the various reforms being implemented to put the nation’s economy on sound footing.

However, in a statement by the National Secretary of the group, Bayo Aina, the purpose of the group’s visit was to intimate the governor with a plan of action for the 2027 presidential elections and how significant synergy could be generated from mutual understanding and efforts.

The group implored the governor to work with other governors to help stabilise the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo and Osun states where the party does not have sitting governors.

“Much to the governor’s delight, our National Leader, Tajudeen Oluyole Olusi, who could not personally lead the team due to the sudden nature of the appointment, has linked up with the governor and they exchanged ideas on the various steps taken by the group to foster unity ahead of the next general elections.

“The governor was subsequently made the life Patron of Yoruba Leaders of Thought in Ondo State, and the induction was done by Chief (Mrs) Olajumoke Anifowoshe, daughter of the late sage and former governor of Old Ondo State, Adekunle Ajasin.

“The governor nominated the party’s Chairman in Ondo State, Kolawole Babatunde, as his point man in Yoruba Leaders of Thought.

“He observed rightly that we have started well by choosing Ondo State as our first point of call and also nominating him as the first patron because Ondo State is the home of progressive politics where the first and historic public inauguration of the Action Group was held in April 1951,” Aina said.