The Yoruba Ronu has called for urgent intervention of the Yoruba political leaders, the Obas to step up and intervene so that political imbroglio between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will not escalate into crisis as it is becoming intractable issue on daily basis.
Yoruba Ronu is a social political organisation fighting the course of Yoruba sons and daughters worldwide.
Prince Diran Iyantan, the Chairman of the group, made the call in a statement on Sunday in Akure.
Iyantan said that the group was particularly worried because of the public discourse that turned the presidential declaration of Osinbajo into a controversy.
“The use of the labels like betrayer or Judas Iscariot in political speeches or media analysis thus bears misnomer to the person of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's ambition; and should not be considered in isolation outside the VP's collective identity as a good man and a servant of God," he said.
He said that there was need to have unity of purpose for emergence of Yoruba presidency.
The chairman stated that the groug was making effort to uphold dialogue with the vice president to consider the overall interest of the Yoruba race as he moved forward in his ambition to govern Nigeria in 2023.
He said that everyone should be circumspect of the wish of the soothsayers and prophets of doom's prediction that the event of sixty years ago, which monikered the region as the “Wild Wild West” would not repeat itself.
"No doubt, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is very competent and experienced to lead Nigeria, but the present issue surrounding the Vice President Yemi Osibajo's declaration to run as president does not just favour his ambition right now.
"Thi is unlike his political mentor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu whose ambition to govern Nigeria had been well known for a longtime, and the reason we, at the Yoruba Ronu Group, throw our support to him, immediately, he declared to run as Nigeria's next President.
"As the leader of the group fighting the cause of the Yorubas, we are very concerned over this and we enjoin everyone to join us to nip the issues in the bud before they impugn our value," he stated.
He added that Osinbajo's declaration had birthed a huge political mudslinging, public opprobrium directed at his intention.
Iyantan explained that if the situation was not managed properly, it would paint Yorubas as people enmeshed in mistrust and disloyalty.
"The concern links to issues around trust.
"The Yoruba Ronu is worried that the regeneration of misinformation and disinformation may erode public trust in capacity as a people to present the next president of the country.
"The ongoing disloyalty and other talks about us will be lowering our acceptability amongst other ethnic groups of clinching the APC ticket as its flag bearer in the forthcoming presidential election," he stated.
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