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HE DESERVES RESPECT! Tender unreserved apology to Obasanjo, Yoruba youths tell Tinubu
The Yoruba Youth Forum on Wednesday called on the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to stop his attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The youths also asked Tinubu to tender an unreserved apology to Obasanjo, saying the ex-president deserves respect.
The youths, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Olusegun Bolarinwa, said they took serious exception to Tinubu’s alleged derogatory description of Obasanjo as “an unserious man who should not be taken seriously.”
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They added that such utterances were capable of putting the Yoruba nation on fire.
They expressed sadness that the APC leader, a Yoruba man, would allow himself to be used to attack Obasanjo “who is one of the highly respected Yoruba leaders of this generation.”
The YYF, therefore, called on Tinubu to “repent and tender an unreserved apology to Chief Obasanjo,” saying his statements against Obasanjo was capable of causing “chaos and disrupting the peace that we enjoy in the South-West”.
It said,
“It was not just by a mere coincidence that Obasanjo ruled Nigeria as a civilian and as a military man; it was an act of God.
“Today, Obasanjo still remains the issue because he is a true, detribalized Nigerian who puts Nigeria as his priority above ethnic consideration and he has not been sentimental about this.
‘’Because of his boldness, and intellectual ability, he remains an international figure whose opinions are highly respected all over the world.
“For casting aspersions on such a highly respected leader who has done so much for Nigeria and the international community, one would say that Tinubu has exhibited arrogance and disrespect for a leader that has been championing the unity of Nigeria.
“This is not expected of Tinubu since he claims to be a Yoruba and a political leader who should know better.
“Tinubu, who claims to be one of the Yoruba leaders, should have known that it is a taboo to disrespect an elder.”
The YYF also complained about Tinubu’s alleged insult on the people of Osun State during the campaign for the governorship election in the state.
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“Tinubu openly insulted the people of Osun State with his statement that he was richer than the people of Osun State put together and that he presented Gboyega Oyetola of the APC because he wanted to bail the people of Osun State out of poverty.
“The Yoruba Youth Forum regards this statement as an insult on the Yoruba race and this is not expected of Tinubu who should have known better than an ordinary politician,” it said.
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