The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, has admonished his Yoruba voters to desist from tribalism in the coming 2023 election on their choice of candidate.
Newsonline reports that Adebutu said by virtue of the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo and Ernest Shonekan, the Yoruba have had a fair share of the presidency that they should allow under tribes to have a shot in the country’s number one position.
He said the Yoruba who are campaigning for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, are money focused and not based on fairness.
Adebutu who stated this in Abeokuta while addressing supporters said Atiku is the right candidate to deliver the country.
The Ogun State, PDP governorship candidate said, “When we took a deep look at where this matter is going, I told some people that, ‘for the peace of Nigeria, let us support Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.’ But some were recalcitrant, they said it must be Yoruba’s turn by fire by force. I told them Yoruba has had a fair share. Our father, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo spend a lot of years in power; Shonekan was there too. Don’t let us be selfish. Is Yoruba the only tribe in Nigeria?
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“We told them, but they didn’t listen. We have Yorubas who we love, but we can’t shy away from saying the truth. I called my people then to let’s stay with Atiku; some of them, because of what they want to eat, started wandering here and there. You cannot lose your integrity because of a pot of porridge,” he posited.
While speaking on the agitation for Oduduwa Republic by Sunday Igboho, the PDP candidate said it will be bad to take the Yoruba out of mainstream Nigeria, adding that those who claimed to fight for the Oduduwa nation have sent their children to foreign countries while they send the children of the poor to die for their selfish interest.
Adebutu added, “We cannot take Yorubaland out of the mainstream of Nigeria. Yorubaland must remain in the mainstream of Nigeria, I want to be quoted. PDP is the party that can take Yoruba to the mainstream of Nigeria. I believe in one Nigeria. We don’t want war, we don’t want to become refugees. We want a peaceful one Nigeria. We can sort out our problems at a roundtable.
“Whenever there is a divorce between couples, the children suffer. We won’t divorce, so we won’t suffer. We need somebody that will unify us, and that’s Waziri Atiku,” he submitted.
