February 18, (THEWILL) – The Yoruba Solidarity Group (TYSG) on Saturday, took a swipe at the former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Jumoke Akinjide, over her verbal attacks on the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The group warned the former Minister to stop forthwith, her verbal attacks on Tinubu, who they described as the most suitable candidate for the presidency of Nigeria.
It advised that instead of dissipating energy to rubbish Tinubu, Oloye Akinjide should use her energy to first launder the image of her principal, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, whom his direct boss, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, had described in unprintable names.
The group declared that Akinjide’s efforts to persuade the good people of Oyo state not to vote for Tinubu and other APC candidates in next Saturday’s polls were already fruitless, as nobody in Oyo State is ready to listen to “a woman who didn’t represent them well as a minister.
“Rather than serving meritoriously like Professor Taoreed Adedoja that represented Oyo State before her, Jumoke Akinjide was hurled into detention at the expiration of her tenure as Minister of State for FCT on allegation of corruption”, the group said.
The group maintained that the former minister’s verbal attacks on the APC Presidential candidate on a live radio programme Saturday, is not only laughable, but condemnable.
“We are using this medium to remind Oloye Akinjide that Yoruba people have not forgotten the infamous role her late father, Chief Richard Akinjide played in scuttling the presidential ambition of the Late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
“Oloye Akinjide said Tinubu did not bring anything for the Yorubas in the last eight years, forgetting that the last time the APC presidential candidate held a public office was 2003 to 2007”, TYSG said.
“That states like ours, Oyo has local government development authorities is an achievement on the part of Tinubu as he pioneered the creation out of his visionary and development-driven politics”, the group further said.
AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
