{"id":119972,"date":"2021-12-12T08:49:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T07:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=119972"},"modified":"2021-12-12T08:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T07:49:31","slug":"obasanjo-to-ooni-of-ife-do-not-direct-yoruba-to-support-any-aspirant-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/12\/obasanjo-to-ooni-of-ife-do-not-direct-yoruba-to-support-any-aspirant-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo to Ooni of Ife: Do not direct Yoruba to support any aspirant in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Nigeria&#8217;s president, Olusegun Obasanjo has admonished the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi against endorsing aspirants vying for political offices.<\/p>\n<p>The advice was given on Saturday by Obasanjo at an event\u00a0organised to honour Nteranya Sanginga, director-general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iita.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a>), and his wife, Charlotte, with the chieftaincy title of Aare and Yeye Aare Afurugbin-Ola.<\/p>\n<p>The event held at the palace of the ooni in Ile Ife, Osun state.<\/p>\n<p>The former president while speaking on the 2023 elections said as a father to all, politicians will approach the monarch for support, but the best he should do is to \u201cpray for such a person and let him go\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the sons and daughters of Yorubaland, no matter where they are or their standpoint, will come to meet you. This is expected because you are the father of all,\u201d Obasanjo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone of them who says that he is interested in politics, just pray for him and let them go. Anyone who approaches you and says that he wants to be president or governor, just pray for such a person and let him go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t direct Yoruba people to support any aspirant, as we don\u2019t all go in the same direction, which is part of our strength in Yorubaland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier, Adeyeye commended Sanginga, a Congolese, for his contribution to the development of agriculture in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/kidnapped-nigerian-man-found-dead-in-south-africa-despite-family-paying-ransom-twice\/\">Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m impressed with your modest achievements as a true son of Africa. You have been doing all within your capacity to ensure food sufficiency in the continent,\u201d NAN quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll through the years, you have developed a passion for agriculture and the results are feasible everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Nigeria&#8217;s president, Olusegun Obasanjo has admonished the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi against endorsing aspirants vying for political offices. 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