Tinubu’s Second Term to Bring Political and Economic Stability in 2027 – Oyintiloye

For political and economic stability, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged traditional and political leaders in the nation to back President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambition for a second term in office.

When Oyintiloye made the appeal on Sunday, he told reporters in Osogbo that the country’s political and economic stability should be the top priority for the current leadership.

Nigeria would be stabilized if Tinubu were re-elected, he said, adding that the president would continue to guarantee equity in the federal government’s development initiative for all regions during his second term.

Political and traditional leaders, particularly those in Southern Nigeria, he continued, have to defend President Bola Tinubu against a few Northern elites who are determined to prevent his reelection in 2027.

He said Tinubu should have the region’s support for his second term since he has been a friend of the North and has always backed its political cause.

But he was worried that whenever a Southerner is president, a handful of Northern splinters frequently organize into a clique and utilize all of their resources, including blackmail, to overthrow his administration.

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Oyintiloye stated that the embarrassment that Southern presidents frequently endured at the hands of a small group of Northerners in their attempt to seize power would not be forgotten in the nation’s political history.

This has happened repeatedly, and the political history of the country will never forget the intimidation that Southern presidents frequently endured at the hands of a small number of Northern men who consistently put up a strong fight against their reelection campaign.

Yet, President Bola Tinubu has done enough to win over the main Northern power bloc.

“Therefore, the time has come for the area to further push the small group of people responsible for the plan against the President to their rightful place.

The region’s acknowledged political leaders and royal fathers cannot continue to observe the trend and permit blackmail against Tinubu to acquire traction, Oyintiloye stated, “because these individuals are self-appointed leaders of the North.”

In addition, the former congressman urged Southern Nigerian political leaders and traditional elders to avoid becoming targets of anti-Tinubu plots by some Northern politicians who have been rejected.

This, he added, is all the more incentive for the Southern leaders to stand up and support the president.

This support is required to stop the downward political trajectory that second-term bids frequently take whenever a Southerner serves as president.

They ought to protect the president against unjustified assaults by a few Northern politicians.

He also urged the Council of Southern Traditional Rulers’ Chairman, His Royal Majesty, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and its co-chairmen, Obi of Obinugwu, Cletus Illomuanya, and King Jaja of Opobo, Dandeson Jaja, along with the council’s secretary, Benjamin Ikenchuku Keagborekuzi 1, Dein of Agbor, to support the president in the area and collaborate with their Northern counterparts to secure Tinubu’s victory in 2027.

“I would also like to counsel former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Professor Wole Soyinka, former Nigeria Senate President Ken Nnamani, and other Southern elders to step up and prevent a recurrence of bad history.”

He added that they ought to protect Southern Nigeria from the few Northern power brokers.