- Prof Akin Oyebode says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu cannot succeed again in campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari in the south-west in 2019
- He said there is no politician in the south-west at the moment who can match the late Obafemi Awolowo
- Oyebode pointed out that the terrain in the south-west has changed since 2015 and the APC national leader cannot go there again for Buhari and succeed like he did before
Prof Akin Oyebode (SAN), a retired professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, has stated that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, cannot succeed again in campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari in the south-west in 2019.
In an interview with Punch, Oyebode stated that the political terrain in the south-west has changed since 2015.
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Legit.ng notes that he stated that there is no politician in the south-west at the moment who can match the late Obafemi Awolowo.
He said: "Chief Obafemi Awolowo was an acknowledged and celebrated man of Yoruba extraction. Chief Awolowo left his mark, and the shoes he left behind are too big for anyone to occupy.
"Anyone who says now he is a successor to Awolowo is a pretender and is playing false game to that kind of leadership in the Yoruba land.
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"The Yorubas were led in the 2015 in voting for Jonathan and I am not sure that the feat can be replicated. (Bola Ahmed) Tinubu who went to the south-west to campaign for Buhari in 2015 cannot go there for Buhari and succeed like he did again in 2019 because the atmosphere and terrain has changed in terms of politics.
"They will be very spectacular about their votes. I think the contest in Lagos is going to be fair."
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that ahead of the 2019 presidential elections, the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, allegedly declined an offer to lead the national campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari across the states.
It was learnt that the former governor declared total support for the president and his re-election bid, but said he wanted to focus his attention on the south-west.
Tinubu already has Lagos and Osun and was working 'to consolidate his stronghold in Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti and Oyo states'.
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