The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland,
Oba Sikiru Adetona, yesterday, met with
President Goodluck Jonathan and rejected to
endorse him for second term. Speaking at his
palatial palace in the presence of other PDP
chieftains, Awujale said: ”In Ijebu, it is not
possible for any Oba, not only in Ijebu, but
Yorubaland, to go out and say vote for this or
vote for that.
Whoever does that is looking for
trouble. But give the candidate the opportunity to
present his programme so that people can make
up their minds on what to do. I think this is a
very sound democratic principle and that is what
I have decided to do, to give you the opportunity
of meeting with the people.
“One, they see you as a person, how beautiful
you are, whether to engage with you or not, to
listen to you and see if there are areas where we
can meet, as a result, everybody congregating
here, they belong to different groups, they are
PDP members, APC members, APGA, they belong
to various interests, and when they come, they
get to the gate, they shed their togas.
“PDP will remove their PDP, APC will remove
their own, APGA will remove their own, they are
going to the palace, to meet their ruler, their
paramount ruler, to receive that important
august visitor who is coming to their land and
give him all honour that he is entitled to.I am
sure over the years, there has been improvement
but this election is full of tension, I don’t know
how it is so, elections have never been like this.
In about 55 years, I have never seen any election
that is full of tension and the one we are having
now, my prayer is, God should guide us and
make sure that there’s peace, harmony and
tranquility in the country.”