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Yoruba Must Treat Tinubu’s Aspiration As Priority – Sanwo-Olu

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Jul 13, 2022.

A.A.S Opeyemi

Sanwo-olu urges Yoruba people to rally around For Tinubu
…We must never lose sight of this unifying element, at a time when the forces of division seem to be working so actively to undermine all that we cherish as a people

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, has urged Yorubas to support Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu so that he can fulfill his ambition of becoming the next president in 2023.

The Governor made the appeal while speaking as the special guest of honor at the grand finale of the 2022 Ojude-Oba Festival in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. He claimed that if Tinubu were to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as president, more Nigerians, particularly Yorubas, would gain.

He said: “Let me use this opportunity to make this rallying call on all true sons and daughters of the Yoruba race and pronounce that in the unifying spirit of the Ojude Oba celebration, it is my firm hope and belief that the Yoruba race will unite as one behind the momentous candidature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a proud son of the race and one of the most formidable and experienced politicians to have ever emerged from Africa.

Sanwo-Olu who happened to be the third governor of Lagos State to participate in the annual festival which was last held in 2019, due to COVD-19 pandemic, after Sir Michael Otedola and Tinubu said, “It is noteworthy that the Ojude Oba Festival has, while staying true to its Islamic roots, also expanded to become a unifying symbol and occasion for people of all faiths, tribes, and tongues; as well as a global celebration of Ijebu heritage and culture.

“We must never lose sight of this unifying element, at a time when the forces of division seem to be working so actively to undermine all that we cherish as a people. Celebrations like Ojude Oba remind us that evil will never triumph over good.’’

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The governor added that as a proud son of Lagos, he was pleased to be in the colourful ceremony among his Ijebu brothers and sisters, saying the peoples of Lagos and Ogun share a long historical and cultural bond, shaped by the same forces and experiences, nourished by the same waterways and living up to the same Omoluabi standards and ideals.

‘’This was what spurred my brother governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and I to him in 2021, establish the Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission, to collaborate on key areas of mutual benefit and development, and accelerate socio-economic growth for all our communities and our people.’’

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