Yoruba Ronu Group has deplored an alleged plot of imposing the prevailing hardship on Nigerians to frustrate the presidential ambition of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
A statement by the group’s spokesman, Mr Steve Bayode said that its chairperson, Prince Diran Iyantan, expressed concerns over an alleged “conspiratorial report in some quarters to deny Asiwaju Tinubu the presidency with the present hardship facing Nigerian which is being addressed with lip-service,” twenty two days to the elections.
According to the statement, the group’s leader wondered why the current fuel scarcity lingers on for too long as he expressed sadness at the prevailing hardship in the country.
It said the group has established that Nigerians generally “are unhappy and in a state of despondency due to poor living conditions and general state of affairs in the country. ”
According to the statement: “As the nation gets drawn into the frenzy of ending the electioneering campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections, we have established that majorities of Nigerians are unhappy and in a state of despondency due to poor living conditions and general state of affairs in the country.
“The Chairperson of Yoruba Ronu Group, Prince Diran Iyantan, while commenting about the current unbearable state of the nation expressed concerns over a conspiratorial report in some quarters to deny Asiwaju Tinubu the presidency with the present hardship facing Nigerian which is being addressed with lip-service. He wondered why the current fuel scarcity lingers on for too long and the new naira notes will be so difficult to access by Nigerians.
“All these Iyantan said are causing unnecessary disruption to the nation’s economy and wanton hardship to the citizens.
“There are several who think this is some sort of vast conspiratorial plot on the part of the ruling party to deny Asiwaju Tinubu the presidency as Asiwaju Tinubu himself gave a sly, conspiratorial wink at Abeokuta during his campaign in Ogun State recently”
it said: “Iyantan however denied the involvement of President Buhari as a possible collaborator. He rejected the thesis as conspiratorial and irritatingly simplistic. He said no president in the history of the world will ever wants an opposition party to succeed him.
“President Mohammadu Buhari is a true party man and is wise enough to know it is in his best interest for Bola Tinubu to be his successor so as to protect his good work and continue from where he stopped than for another political party to destroy all his legacies.
“He therefore appeals to President Mohammadu Buhari to quickly sanitise and restore orderliness in the polity and avoid masses revolt, “a time bomb” possibility, as there is limit to human endurance when going through pains.
“The president he said should make the new naira notes abundantly available to Nigerians to access, while he should also end the lingering fuel scarcity in the country within the shortest possible time to alleviate the current suffering of Nigerians.
“Yoruba Ronu, leadership also condemned as barbaric and criminal act the recent incident of stoning the president convoy during his visit to Kano State, a state where he is well loved and has a large pool of cult-like followers. It also cautions that it is indicative of the frustrations Nigerians are going through presently.
“The Group is however seeking understanding from Nigerians to keep their renewed hope for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the man that will turn things around for them.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has his own different identity. He has been tested and trusted by Lagosians as a great achiever. Many Nigerians can also testify to his good work as having the capacity and wherewithal to take Nigeria to the promised land, an Eldorado of boundless riches and growth if elected as Nigeria’s next President.”
