Make Sure Nothing Happens To Tinubu And Others – Fayose Tells Ooni 

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has urged all monarchs in Yoruba land to defend political leaders against external forces. Speaking in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital on Thursday, October 27, while receiving the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, at the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe


Fayose said: “You (Ooni) are in a good position to unite us. We want to appeal to you to remember that we all belong to you, irrespective of political parties.

“That was why I said without apologies that an action against Ahmed Tinubu is an action against the Yoruba nation.

“We must defend the Yoruba nation. They are encroaching. They are harassing; they are depriving us of our legitimate rights. Those who toiled day and night are now victims of circumstances.

“Nothing must happen to Tinubu, Falae and others. This is the way they started with (Obafemi) Awolowo and (Pa Michael) Ajasin.”

Fayose noted that it is the effort of the Ooni to unite the Yoruba had started yielding results as he urged him to sustain it.

On the current economic recession, Fayose said there was hunger in the land as he appealed to the federal government to evolve policies that would change things for the better.

He also condemned the activities of herdsmen that were destroying farm produce across the country.

“They asked us to go back to farming and they released their cows to be eating our farms. Any cattle that destroy farmlands will be seized by the government,” he said.

On his part, Ooni of Ife, , Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, said the handling of the threat posed by herdsmen across the country should be handled diplomatically.

Ooni made this known while speaking with journalists. According to him, Ekiti had the power to enact laws.

He said he was impressed by the thousands of people that trooped out to receive him and he called for prayers for the governor.

Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe on his part, charged the Ooni to continue to unite Yoruba monarchs and sustain the growing unity among Yoruba people.