A socio-cultural group, the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has thrown its weight behind the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Council said it decided after a special executive session over the weekend.
In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, the Council said it was convinced that Tinubu’s track record as a former Lagos State Governor, his detribalised disposition, resourceful capacity to manage well, and his love for humanity stand him in good stead to lift Nigeria from the precipice in which it has been dangling.
While expressing what it described as a “full understanding” of the changed atmosphere surrounding the scarcity of fuel and currency swap,YCE called on all for restraint and more patience to allow the Federal Government resolves the problem as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The statement reads in part: “In the opinion of the elders, only an experienced, well-tested, courageous and generally acceptable Nigeria citizen can halt the seeming drift into disintegration which the country has been drifting for the past years.
“Yoruba Council of Elders assert that the Yoruba, as a major stakeholder in the Nigeria enterprise, should not be pushed aside in the politics of the nation, noting that the phenomenon of foisting unprepared, weak and incompetent leaders on hapless Nigerians through the constant machinations of inveterate Yoruba ill-wishers will not be tolerated ever again.
“The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) declares its full support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s quest to become the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, pointing out that it is convinced that his track record as a former Governor of Lagos state, his detribalized disposition, his resourceful capacity to manage well and his love for humanity stand him in good stead to lift our country Nigeria from the precipice in which it has been dangling”.
