The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba
Abdulrasheed Akanbi has vowed to withdraw his support for President Muhammadu
Buhari and join critics of his administration if his Iwo town is deprived of
the Federal College of Education recently approved for Osun State.
The monarch, in a statement on
Monday, disclosed that taking the proposed higher institution to another town
other than Iwo “is tantamount to betrayal of unalloyed support” he had given
Buhari’s government since he became Oluwo in 2016.
Oluwo who is among a few
traditional rulers in the country who publicly identified with President Buhari
during election periods, recalled how he had organized special prayer for
improved health condition while President Buhari was recuperating in the United
Kingdom.
Oba Akanbi said: “I am saying it
with authority that I control the direction to which my people’s votes go
during elections because my people love me with passion. They know I also love
them with passion.
“So, they listen to me when
election’s matter comes. They demonstrated this during the 2019 elections when
we delivered bloc votes for the ruling government.”
“In other words, I can tell them
to change their vote pattern, and they won’t look back. President should know
that one good turn deserves another.
“The history is there to know
that Iwo is home for the progressives. During the 1983 elections, my people
stuck out their neck for Chief Bola Ige and lost some of them during the clash
which followed.
“I am calling on Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief Bisi Akande, Ogbeni Rauf
Aeregbesola and Governor Gboyega Oyetola to ensure justice is done on this
matter and give my town the federal government college,” the statement reads.
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