Senator Femi Okunrounmu, a chieftain of Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari tricked All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu to get into power.
Okunrounmu said further that Tinubu was naïve to think that Buhari would recognize him as king maker after becoming president.
The Afenifere chieftain made the comments during a recent interview with Punch.
As
a Yoruba man I am very uncomfortable with this. Buhari had a reputation
for ethnic bias and when we said it during the election, they said we
were lying. The change the APC was talking about meant two different
things. The APC in the North saw change as an opportunity to return
power to the region while those in the South-West were looking for
genuine social change. At the end, the North just used the South-West to
climb back into Aso Rock
But with Tinubu as the National Leader of the APC, he should be able to protect the interest of the Yoruba people.
It
was naive of Tinubu to think that Buhari would just get power and he
(Tinubu) would become the kingmaker of Nigeria. We told him that once
Buhari got power, he would turn around and just forget about him and
implement a northern hegemonic agenda which Buhari is doing now
.
So,
the keys to the chains of slavery we thought we could use to break free
were just given back to the North by the APC. The APC became an agent
of oppression and enslavement. We can all see that Buhari only tricked
Tinubu to get power back to the North.
What is the next line of action for the Yoruba race?
What
we must do is to put on our thinking caps. We have been led astray by
Tinubu. Tinubu did all this for his own selfish agenda. We all know what
he did in Lagos but because he has so much money, whatever he says is
believed hook, line and sinker. We must educate ourselves and use our
brains. I have never hesitated in telling people that Tinubu is not the
right leader for the Yoruba race. He is not truthful and that was why
Gani Fawehinmi took him to court
.
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