By Akinwale Kasali
The campaign train of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Aspirant; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,in 2o23, moved to Oyo State to consult with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi.
The former Lagos State Governor made his aspiration known to the Monarch, soliciting his support and prayers to become the nation’s President come 2023.
A horde of his supporters who came with him from Lagos thronged the Palace and sang intermittently as he told the Traditional Ruler the purpose of his visit.
“All I came for today is to seek your blessing, your cooperation, your prayer for me to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Tinubu told the Monarch.
Responding, the revered Yoruba Monarch assured that he was confident that the Yoruba ancestors would make Tinubu the President of Nigeria come 2023.
Hours after returning from Oyo State, the APC Presidential Aspirant paid a condolence visit to the home of late Professor Tunde Samuel, a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), who passed on a coupleof days ago. Tinubu was accompanied by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and other top wigs in the Lagos APC.
Tinubu expressed expressed sadness at the demise of the academician who was 73 years old.
He prayed for the repose of his soul, praying that God would grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss, stressing that his demise was a big loss to the Lagos State and the APC fold.
In the Speaker’s condolence message, he had described the death of Prof Samuel as “a blow, a pain that would take long for us to bear both as people of Agege, the APC as a family, the GAC and the entire Lagos State.
“His importance to Lagos State can never be under-emphasised. He was a passionate Lagosian whose thoughts, actions and activities were all geared towards strengthening democracy in Nigeria and the creation of an egalitarian state where individuals would live their lives in peace.”
Obasa, who visited the family of the deceased on Wednesday, added: “We will continue to miss his wisdom, knowledge and understanding of how Lagos and Nigeria should be run for the utmost good of the people. We will miss his advice and productive efforts to keep a united APC in Lagos.
“I, on behalf of my colleagues at the Lagos State House of Assembly, pray that God grant him peace and give his immediate family, friends and associates the fortitude to bear this huge loss, Amen.”
