Former Minister of Aviation, Femi
Fani-Kayode, has maintained that both Yoruba and Igbo nations are one.
Fani-Kayode made the remark while
reacting to a viral video of Lagos Central Senator and wife of All Progressives
Congress, APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, Oluremi Tinubu saying Igbos can no
longer be trusted.
Mrs. Tinubu made the remark
yesterday while speaking with a man after casting her ballot in Lagos.
However, Fani-Kayode condemned
the remark by the lawmaker, insisting that both tribes are one.
In a series of tweets,
Fani-Kayode wrote: “Igbo, we do not trust you again – Sen. Remi Tinubu.
“These words have done more harm
to southern unity and national cohesion than any in recent years. Needless to
say the beautiful Senator, who I have immense respect for, spoke for herself,
her husband and APC and not the Yoruba.
“As far as I am concerned, ever
since the famous “handshake across the Niger” conference in Enugu in Jan. last
year, the Igbo and the Yoruba have become one and an attack on the Igbo anywhere
and by anyone is an attack on us all. Sadly every ethnic nationality has its
own fair
share of traitors, turncoats and
blacklegs and those that go against mainstream thinking.
“The renegades and retrograde
forces that seek to demonise and intimidate the Igbo in the South West, or
indeed anywhere else, open up old wounds and rekindle old rivalries, prejudices
and divisions are wasting their time.
“They shall fail because most of
us love the Igbo. Sen. Tinubu’s moribund and primitive views are as reflective
of Yoruba thinking as Rochas Okorohausa’s views are as reflective of the
thinking of the Igbo nation.
“Only a minority of Yorubas and
Igbos and those that are stuck in the past share their views. Such outdated and
myopic sentiments and intellectually bankrupt thinking should not be taken
seriously and those that voice them deserve to be treated with contempt and
disdain.”
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