From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
A group of concerned members of the Yoruba Community in Kano State has appealed to traditional rulers in the South West to prevail on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to get involved in the on going legal dispute over the governorship position in Kano State.
Speaking at a press conference in the state, , the Secretary General of the yoruba group,Taofeek Olalekan Olaosebikon, implored the monarchs to impress it on President Tinubu to go for a possible political settlement of the Kano logjam.
” The average man already believes that the judiciary has been interfered with. We are hereby calling on our fathers, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, to intervene without further delay.”
“We are also calling on the Oba of Lagos, Alake of Egba, Awujale of Ijebuland, Olubadan of Ibadan and other Yoruba leading lights to come to our aid as we won’t find it easy if the situation degenerates further as we actually expect that it would” they asserted.
“The people here will believe that they were cheated on by a Yoruba President. That is the word going round now. A stitch in time, they say, saves nine” they warned.
“Kano is a very volatile state politically and this is the reason why all men and women of goodwill should be concerned about the situation in Kano and rally round towards a collective initiative to save the state from any calamity which will affect us and our livelihood.he said”