Buhari Will Not Get Bloc Vote From S/West, Yorubas Still Have Distrust For Fulani – Gani Adams

gani-adamsThe national coordinator of the Yoruba ‘militant’ group, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Chief Gani Adams, has advised the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) not to expect getting a bloc vote from the South-west in the February 14 presidential election. He said a good number of Yoruba people still have reservations about people from Mr. Buhari’s ethnic group – Fulani.

Speaking in an interview with Nigeria Today, Mr. Adams disagreed with projections made by some political analysts that Buhari will make a clean sweep of South-west by virtue of the dominance of the APC in the geo-political zone, saying, “South-west is a place that you cannot use the media to deceive. We are highly exposed and highly educated”.

According to him, “For you to say we should go one way, it is impossible. I don’t think that the South-west will vote for Buhari en mass. Don’t forget the pain caused by the June 12 annulment, it is still fresh in the mind of our people many died in the cause of June 12 struggle, many lost a lot of properties. I don’t think our people will trust a Hausa/Fulani man from the north this time around”.

The OPC leader also absolved President Goodluck Jonathan of all the blame for the nation’s failings, saying that governors and lawmakers should equally share in the blame.

5 COMMENTS

  1. O…P….c…., chief U’re saying The Truth. But some Bastard yorubas will Not beleived It.fulanis killed MKO, kodirat,Obafemi was jail, akintola ws killed. Hausa/fulanis Dey killed yoruba legend.also Buhari jail Adekunle ajasin, bola Ige, bisi akande and oders 4 fight 4 human right.For Me i will Not Vote 4 Bad Buhari, But Vote 4 good governmence, i will Vote 4 Goodluck.

  2. Yorubas are enlightened people. No one has the magic wand to pull them by the nose. Everybody is for himself. No block movement. Individuals will vote according to his value of judgement and conviction. We don’t do follow follow like other tribes.

  3. What do you expect from a man and group that collected contract to secure pipeline in south west running to millions of naira to say? He is talking for himself. he doesn’t have any evidence. is Yaradua not an hausa man? June 12. The yoruba leaders sold out that was the reason for the problems. some collected contracts, some collected money, almost all the first class obas collected car gift from Abacha. so who is to blame?