9th May, 2014
Abiodun Onafuye,Abeokuta
Former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu described the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, Ogbagba II as the best monarch in Yorubaland, while extolling his doggedness and truthfulness.
Tinubu stated this today at the Central mosque in Ijebu Ode during the special prayer session to commemmorate the 80th birthday celebration of the monarch.
Tinubu who arrived the country this morning because of the Awujale’s birthday, recalled the political travails of Yoruba people during the military era and said even the Awujale was targeted by the junta.
“Let me go back to the days of trial in the Yorubaland in 1992, 1993, 1994; it was easy for military Junta to kill you or send a local government to remove you. Yes! They did it. They did it to Sultan of Sokoto. They sent a local government to remove him, but you didn’t look at that intimidation, the authority in absolute, you stood with us.
“You are always saying the truth. You looked at the military giants and authority in the face and you told them what they did was wrong. In the case of June 12 elections, the day of our meeting, I never dreamt I will be governor of Lagos, I was a Senator. We converged, you invited us to a meeting and the military surrounded the palace with soldiers and mighty guns.
“You said they don’t know that there are many ways into the palace. After our meeting, you opened another door for us and nothing happened to us.
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