– The group stated that the APC has no reasonable provision for Tinubu in the party, and that the former Lagos state governor has been used and dumped
– According to the group, there is no difference between someone who steals your property and someone who shows no gratitude for all the favour rendered to him
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been warned by a group of Yoruba youths known as the Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association, against supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019.
The group’s president, Olalekan Hammed, made the assertion in a statement released on Sunday, October 28, Punch reports.
TRACK NEWS gathers that Hammed stated that it was clear that Tinubu’s contributions towards the APC and the emergence of Buhari as the president in 2015, was not valued.
He pointed to the letter written by President Buhari to the Independent National Electoral Commission, stating that he was the national leader of the APC, as justification for the comment made by former president Olusegun Obasanjo that Tinubu did not hold any post within the APC.
The statement read: “The fact that President Muhammadu Buhari deliberately wrote INEC to affirm his position as the APC national leader vindicates former president Obasanjo who had sometime challenged the former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to state his roles in the APC as the national leader of the party.
“Constitutionally, APC has no reasonable provision for him (Tinubu) in the party and he has been used and dumped.
“It would have been better and respectable, provided Mr Buhari did not write to INEC or talk about the issue. The letter he wrote to the electoral umpire to attest that he is the party’s national leader was aimed at ridiculing Tinubu.
“Yoruba people understand body language more than any other tribe in Nigeria. There is no sense in staying with people who do not appreciate your presence or feel your impact.
“The YYSA implores Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to think twice before supporting Buhari’s re-election bid. There is no difference between someone who steals your property and someone who shows no gratitude for all the favour rendered to him.”
Meanwhile, TRACK NEWS previously reported that the Yoruba Youth Forum (YTF) criticised the national leader of the APC, Chief Bola Tinubu, over the alleged derogatory remarks he made against former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
The group, in a statement, claimed Tinubu described Obasanjo as “an unserious man who should not be taken seriously.”
They said it was sad that Tinubu would attack Obasanjo “who is one of the highly respected Yoruba leaders of this generation.”
