Reacting
to the statement, where the OPC New Era dissociated itself from the views
expressed by Aare Gani Adams, on the National leader of the All Progressive
Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the OPC Scribe pointed out that the
attack on Adams was diversionary, describing it as a ploy by the APC leader to
distract the public from the salient issues raised in the said interview.
"Tinubu
should speak up on the issue raised in the interview. I think he should make
his position known to the public, rather than sending his proxies to attack
Aare and also using it as a ploy to distract the people from the pertinent
issues"
"Yorubas
are waiting, Nigerians are waiting. We are seriously waiting to hear from him.
He is at liberty to confirm or deny what Aare Gani Adams said about his
disinterest in restructuring, and the Oodua Republic, as well as his purported
ambition for presidency"
"But
those trying to defend him are group of political jobbers that are making
unsavoury remarks on the issues".
"The
first was Wasiu Agarawu,and followed by Joe Igbokwu, Adeyinka Grandson and now
it is the big fool, Rasak Arogundade, a turncoat, that is notorious for his uncouth
rantings"
"I
want say this with all honesty that they are only dissipating their energies
and wasting their time on fivolities. All attempts to soil the name of our
leader and discredit the office of the Aare Onakakanfo of
Yorubaland will fail",he admitted
"We have decided not to respond to the attacks from these political
opportunists and prostitutes, but with their continued efforts to
tell lies and twist history, there is urgent need for us to set the
records straight, and tell the public that all the allegations against our
leader were false and spurious,and that they were attempts to soil his name and
the sacred institution which is the office of the Aare Onakakanfo of
Yorubaland".
"Whoever
that destroys someone's character with a lie, will surely be destroyed with the
truth. New Era was part of Tinubu's agenda to break the OPC into factions"
"
He succeeded by using those renegades as pawns for his political interests. But
sadly, it is not only the OPC that suffered this breakup, all the socio
cultural groups in Yorubaland, including Afenifere, YCE, PRONACO and
several others suffered the same fate.
"Between
1999 and 2007 that Tinubu was in charge of Lagos state, the state lost the
respect of being the Centre for excellence. Progressive programmes like free
education, free health facilities and other social infrastructure created by
the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande in the 80s went down the drain. And
Tinubu's maxim, :"Jeun soke" became the popular saying in our social
and political milieu.
"So when Arogundade speaks, we surely know where the ranting is coming from. We
know he is a political jobber with no sense of history and as I have said
earlier, those splinter groups have no base in Yorubaland.
"Arogundade said Aare was disrespectful to Tinubu.How can somebody be so daft
that he lost the drift of the contents of his statement" ? Arogundade is
an illiterate, until the time he became the chief propagandist of the APC
leader,he was a former Chief security Officer(CSO) to Aare Gani Adams. He
was relieved of his job in 2007, to coordinate the affairs of the group in
Somolu, but he failed and left the group unceremoniously.
The
position of the Aareonakakanfo
of
Yorubaland is never for the cowards. And there is no crime in telling the
truth. If the truth be told, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams is blessed with the
ability to hit the nail on the head, so if he doesn't say the truth, who else
will say it?
The
New Era was never visible at all, they are not more than ten in number and the
only time we hear about them was a time like this when they are being used to
issue spurious statements".
The
group, since its inception in 2015 has become a tool in the hands of desperate
politicians. They have no visible ideals and programme, and the leader of the
group, Rasak Arogundade, has always been a political copycat that usually
thrives during political campaigns.
The
OPC under Aare Gani Adams has been the most formidable, with various programmes
and projection
And
as it has always being all over the world, wherever there is a successful
organization like the OPC, there is always a splinter, that is the fake that
derives its name from the real organization. The case of New Era is no
exception.
For
instance, where was Rasak Arogundade, of the New Era when we raised our voice
in support of the southwest security outfit- 'operation Amotekun' ? He
was nowhere to be found.And like his pay master, he never believe in any cause
or ideology that will liberate the Yoruba race.That truly shows the level of
their commitment. We know that very soon, posterity will surely judge them and
as the holy Bible rightly says, by their deeds we shall know them"
"The attacks on Aare from these quarters were never unexpected. We saw it
coming, and we are very much prepared. Arogundade was the leader of the 10
million boys, the renegades from Somolu.They have no structure, and no
database. and I am sure they will also react anytime soon"
"He
has no moral right to advise Aare Gani Adams because he was one of those that
betrayed the Yoruba cause,and by his statement, it was evident that he was only
doing the job of his pay master"
"Aare
Gani Adams has never been in government,so why should he be expecting money
from the Lagos state government? ".He asked.
"For
years theYoruba Generalissimo has been leveraging on his goodwill and
popularity to get things done without government's patronage. He is comfortable
that the OPC and OPU under his leadership are making significant impacts both
in Nigeria and outside the shores of the country. So why the fuss about Aare
Gani Adams expressing his views on the state of the nation and the future of
our race? ". He queried.
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