Some Yoruba Elders Have Betrayed Us…Fashola

Against the background of widespread insinuations that some Yoruba elders and traditional rulers have been heavily induced to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection bid, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has expressed his disappointment at the elders.

The governor spoke at an All Progressives’ Congress rally in Shomolu Local Government. “The Yorubas need to think. Some Yoruba leaders have betrayed us – the Yorubas – because of money. This election is for freedom. And this was how it happened in the past which prompted the late Herbert Ogunde, who titled one of his songs ‘Yoruba think.’ The money is blood money. And posterity will judge them for that action.”

Regardless, Governor Fashola noted that the southwest elders’ action will not affect the outcome of the polls because Nigerians have resolved to change the government at the centre, adding, “This will be the first time since independence that Nigerians will be changing a government that has failed to perform its responsibilities to its citizens. Previously, it is the military that does that for us.”