By Akinwale Kasali
Foremost Yoruba Group and Afenifere Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has alleged a plot by Vice President and frontline Presidential Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming 2023 Election, Yemi Osinbajo, of a plot to continue alleged secret agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The elder statesman and leader of the Yoruba socio-political group leader said President Buhari knows the solution to the problems of Nigeria but does not want to implement them because of his secret agenda.
He stressed that Osinbajo is vying for the Presidency to continue the unfinished agenda of President Buhari’s administration.
Speaking on Channels Television during a Programme, ‘Politics Today’, he said that Osinbajo doesn’t mean well for the nation, rather, he is running to do the fulfill the secret agenda of Buhari.
“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo told them that the creation of state police is the solution to the country’s insecurity. Let each state take care of its own security. Let them be armed,” the Afenifere leader said.
“My view is that it is not that Buhari doesn’t know, but he has a private agenda, which everybody does not want to admit.”
Defending his allegations, he said at no time has Buhari come out to debunk it.
“I have evidence. When I said he has a private agenda. When has he come to the public to say ‘who is saying I have a private agenda’. I mean well. Why should I not create state police?’
“Since he (referring to the president) has been in office, has he addressed the nation during May Day? When he wants to talk to us, he goes abroad. What is he doing so well?
“What is the value of the naira in 2015? What is the value now? How much were we buying petrol in 2015? How much is it now?
The Afenifere leader knocked Osinbajo for stating that he wants to become President to continue what Buhari has started, arguing that Nigeria has not fared any better under the leadership of the current administration.
“The Vice President president, Yemi Osinbajo, now said he wants to succeed him and continue his works and continue the insecurity and poverty.”
Reacting to the submission of Adebanjo and his support for the South East Candidature for the 2023 Presidency, Lagos Chief, Babatunde Olorogun-Etti, on Monday, described the action of the leader of pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, as regrettable and a betrayal of APC presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the South-West geo-political zone.
‘’Chief Ayo Adebanjo is a disgrace to the Yoruba race. His utterances and attitude are geared towards causing disunity in Yoruba land’’ Olorogun-Etti said.
In a statement in Lagos Island Ward E3, Olorogun-Etti accused Adebanjo of fanning embers of discord in the region, cutting a very bad image for South-West and using Afenifere for self-promotion.
‘’What is Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s contribution towards Yoruba’s progress and economy? Why is he pulling a Yoruba man down? The Afenifere leader belongs to a faction that wants to destroy the Yoruba nation. His commitment is not to the unity and development of Yoruba but an interest outside the region’’.
Olorogun-Etti, who is the leader of Eko United, a leading political group in Lagos State described Adebanjo’s comment on the 2023 Presidency as shocking, repulsive, and ugly.
He described Tinubu as a man of character, competence and credibility.
‘’Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a true leader of democracy, a role model, a suave politician, a visionary leader, bridge builder and man of impeccable credentials. We are blessed to have him in the South-West’’
He eulogized the former Lagos State governor for his competence, courage and the constancy in his conviction and political choices.
‘’Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is an asset to Nigeria. He has a track record of success’’
The Lagos APC leader urged South west politicians and leaders to project the agenda of the region to counter the negative picture being presented by Adebanjo.
‘’The way forward for the country is to make Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu president in 2023’.
