2027: Shield Tinubu from harassment — APC chieftain urges Southern elders

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Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has called on political and traditional leaders in Southern Nigeria to shield President Bola Tinubu from a small group of Northern elites determined to thwart his 2027 reelection campaign.

Speaking with reporters on Sunday in Osogbo, Oyintiloye emphasized that Tinubu has been a steadfast ally to the North, consistently backing its political interests, and therefore deserves continued regional support for his second term.

However, he voiced concerns about a faction within the North that typically organizes itself into a clique whenever a Southerner holds the presidency, employing tactics like blackmail to undermine the government.

Oyintiloye added that Nigeria’s political history remembers the humiliations Southern Presidents frequently faced from a small Northern segment seeking to wrest control of power.

“This has been recurring, and the nation’s political history won’t forget the kind of intimidation Southern Presidents often suffered at the hands of very few men from the North who always mount serious opposition to the reelection bid of such President.

“But in the case of President Bola Tinubu, he has done enough to get the support of the major power block in the North.

“Therefore, the time has come for the region to further put the tiny few behind the mischief being plotted against the President where they really belong.

“These individuals are self-appointed leaders of the North, so the region’s recognised political leaders and royal fathers can’t continue to watch the trend and allow blackmail against Tinubu to gain traction,” Oyintiloye said.

The former lawmaker also called on political leaders and traditional rulers from Southern Nigeria not to make themselves available for some rejected politicians from the North who are plotting against Tinubu.

He said, “And this is the more reason the Southern leaders must rise and rally support for the President.

“This support is necessary to put an end to the consistent, negative political trajectory that second-term bids, whenever a Southerner is the President, often follow.

“They should shield the President against unwarranted attacks from just a handful of politicians from the North.”

He also appealed to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who is Chairman of the Council of Southern Traditional Rulers, and the co-chairmen, Obi of Obinugwu, Cletus Illomuanya, and King Jaja of Opobo, Dandeson Jaja, with the Secretary of the council, Benjamin Ikenchuku Keagborekuzi I, Dein of Agbor, to champion the support for the President within the region and work with their colleagues from the North to ensure victory for Tinubu in 2027.

“I also want to advise ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Prof. Wole Soyinka, former President of the Nigeria Senate, Ken Nnamani, and other Southern elders to rise to the occasion and stop a repeat of negative history.

“They should defend Southern Nigeria from the few Northern power mongers,” he further said.

Oyintiloye, who declared that Tinubu’s reelection would stabilise Nigeria, also stated that the President, in his second term, would continue to ensure fairness in the federal government’s developmental drive for all regions in the country.

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