As things gear up for the 2023 general elections, Rilwan Akiolu who is the Oba of Lagos, has given an open assurance for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the ancestors of Yoruba land would ensure his victory come 2023.
The Oba of Lagos gave the blessings on Sunday when the Asiwaju of Lagos had paid him a visit on his return to the State after he had clinched the APC ticket earlier in the month.
According to the monarch, Tinubu’s victory at the 2023 presidential election would have made the Yoruba land a much better place.
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He said, “Your emergence as the presidential candidate of your party is the beginning of another journey in your political career.
“All Yoruba ancestors shall be with you on this journey to make our fatherland a better place.”
Earlier, Tinubu, a former governor of the State told the monarch that his efforts to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari was to ensure that the Yoruba nation is properly represented at the national level.
Thousands of APC supporters and some other political leaders on Sunday had stormed the presidential wing of the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to welcome and celebrate Senator Bola Tinubu, who is the party’s presidential candidate.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who has been identified as a former governor of Lagos State was returning to his home state for the first time after he clinched the APC presidential ticket. He had defeated 13 other aspirants, including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to clinch the APC ticket for the 2023 presidential election in a very dramatic Presidential primary.
