Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural Group, Afenifere, has cleared the air over the Group’s visit to the Bourdillion House, Ikoyi, Lagos of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently. Many people were stunned when Adebanjo, a bitter critic of Tinubu, led his group to visit Tinubu on his return from the United Kingdom where he was for months on medical grounds. Not a few people thought they visited Tinubu in support of his strongly speculated 2023 Presidential ambition. But Adebanjo said perish the thought. He said their visit was on humanitarian grounds.
The Afenifere leader spoke in an interview with the New Telegraph.
Adebanjo: “The visit to Tinubu was purely on humanitarian ground after he came back from abroad. Some people went to London to visit him; I cannot afford to go to London. I disagree with Tinubu, but I don’t wish him to die. I am the one God used to make him the Governor, I thank God for that.
“So, when he came back from abroad, I went to greet him and we thanked God for his life. We went there purely on humanitarian ground, which is typical of Yoruba people. Even if we are fighting we should not wish the person to die.
“Our visit was purely to wish him well. I told him that he is not doing the right thing. He has been very liberal to me, but that is not the question. But is he doing the right thing for the country or not? When I criticise him, it’s not because I hate him. The Bible says God does not want a sinner to die, but to repent. I will continue to criticise him until he does the right thing.”
Adebanjo blames Tinubu for the problems Nigeria is going through. Tinubu is an enabler of the bad things happening in the country.
The elder statesman said although he wishes Tinubu no harm, he will however, not forgive him for the damages he did to Nigeria by bringing President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015. Tinubu has to change his ways, Adebanjo said.
On the Presidential aspiration of Tinubu in 2023, Adebanjo said that the APC National Leader will compound the woes and misery of Nigerians if elected President, stressing that claims that Tinubu is still relevant many years after he left office as Governor and that he is the most qualified for the office of the president from the South West now is deceitful and a plot to further enslave Nigerians.
“Don’t come and campaign to me about Tinubu. You cannot change my mind on that.
“People have asked me if I have forgiven him, how can we be talking of that,when he is not doing the right thing? I have been condemning him for being in alliance with Buhari. He is the cause of all the problems we have in this country. If he did not have an alliance with Buhari, we will not be in this situtation.”
He added that those tired of living would support and vote Tinubu in 2023.
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