REMO 1937 ROOTAGE DRUMS SUPPORT FOR TINUBU

By Olufemilade Oyinade

Remo 1937 Rootage, a body of some indigenes of Remo land who pride themselves as the sons and daughters of Ife have begun to drum support for the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The spokesman of the group, Mr. Adewoga Ajayi described Tinubu as their own being the only Yoruba man contesting the presidency of Nigeria and that they would do all in their power towards ensuring his victory at the polls come 2023.

The group who buttressed their position with a Yoruba postulate, “Omo ni ki se idi bebere ka fi ileke si idi omo elomi” literarily meaning it is illogical for one to prefer another man’s child to one’s well behaved child, adding that Asiwaju has over the years, shown in his various moves, statements, intentions, deeds and efforts that he is truly a prodigious son of the Yoruba extraction. His humility, industry and accommodating spirit also speak volume of this. “He is indeed a bridge-builder who does not see boundary in terms of ethnicity and religious persuasion.

Members of the group believed that the APC flag bearer would protect and provide for the Yoruba as well ensure that the other parts of the Nigerian nation benefit enormously from his administration if elected as the president of the nation, because according them, he is a man of the people irrespective of divides created by geography of languages or government policies.

“There is so much bickering in terms of ethnicity, religious affiliation which are already threatening the cohesion of the Nigerian nation, hence we need a rallying figure, a leader who can calm down the nerves of agitators and halt all attempts to Balkanize the country, a man with nationalistic pursuit and pluralistic ideology, the ideal person is our own Asiwaju Bola Tinubu”.

Remo 1937 Rootage believed that Yoruba alone would not be able to win the election for Tinubu, they are therefore calling on people from other divides of the country, the Igbos,, Hausa and other tribes to join hands with the Yoruba to vote Tinubu as the president of the country.

“To err is human, to forgive is divine, therefore if Tinubu had in the past offended, or still offending anyone by his utterances or deeds, knowingly and unknowingly, they should please forgive him. His is human and therefore not absolutely perfect. In fact, no man is infallible. It is only God”, they pleaded.