I Was Surprised With Obi Performance But I Noticed One Thing From His Performance Akintade Olayiisade

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Election

According to a news that was published by the Nigerian Tribune Newspaper Online this morning, it was reported that the former chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), in Ekiti State and the coordinator of Tinubu/Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council, in the state, Prince Akintade Olayisade, during an interview with Tribune's correspondent, has said that he never thought the Labour Party could perform to that extent in the just concluded presidential election.

During the interview, he was asked if he was surprised with the performances of the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Peter Obi, in the presidential election and while he was talking, he said that he was surprised.

He said, "I was surprised with Obi's performance but I noticed one thing from his performance which is, after the conclusion of the entire process, i started ruminating over what has happened and I came out with this factor: the ethnic sentiment. If you see the voting pattern, that is not Nigeria we are praying for. It is quite unfortunate it happened that way but, it has to be corrected and we must learn how to see good in other people, not that somebody comes from your tribe, you have to vote, no."

Further talking, he said that it is quite disheartening that, Peter Obi traversed the nook and cranny of this country, going from one church to the other, telling them as if Tinubu has committed heinous crime by having Muslim as his running mate.

He said the preachers were telling their congregants not to vote for the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, that the party is evil but, it does not have to be because, they are not going to be the head of church or mosque.

He said, "All we are yearning for is good governance, whoever can give it, so be it. It is not about religion, leave it for churches and mosques. Religion in politics was quite pronounced to the point that die-hard Christians did not vote for Muslim-Muslim ticket, that one is a major factor."

Olayisade said the Igbos, should be friends with Yoruba people, more than any other tribe because, after the civil war, it was Yoruba people that savaged them.

He said, "Everything they left in Yoruba land, we gave it back to them. We were supposed to be their friends in all ramifications."