Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the Yoruba race to forge a common front in support of the presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The governor said Tinubu, a Yoruba son and leading presidential candidate, deserves massive support of the race in the 2023 general election.

The governor spoke during the Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Sunday, said the opportunity offered by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Yoruba to produce the next president must not be allowed to slip away.

Sanwo-Olu noted that Tinubu had made several sacrifices to keep the Yoruba race relevant in the Nigerian project.

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“As Asiwaju famously said, it is the turn of the Yoruba to produce the president. We need not waste this opportunity but to grab it and have our leader, who is a detribalised Nigerian, to lead the country. I urge all sons and daughters of Yoruba to come out in support of Tinubu to realise this ambition,” Sanwo-Olu said.

The governor pointed out that his presence at the event underscored the partnership between Lagos and Ogun, which led to the establishment of Joint Development Commission in 2021 to collaborate on key areas of mutual benefit and development, while accelerating socio-economic growth for people.

He said: “The peoples of Lagos and Ogun share a long historical and cultural bond, shaped by the same forces and experiences, nourished by the same waterways, and living up to the same Omoluabi standards and ideals.

“The road network linking Ijebu-Ode, Epe and Lekki is yet another concrete manifestation of our collaboration. Ogun State has completed their own stretch, while we will complete our own end this year, opening up new commercial and logistics opportunities in that axis, and positively impacting the lives of our people.”

Governor Dapo Abiodun praised Lagos for being a supportive neighbour, as he also used the occasion to admonish the youth against cultism and vices that could dent the image of Ogun State.

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