Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has berated renowned historian, Prof Banji Akintoye, over threat by his group to pull the South West geopolitical zone out of Nigeria.
He described Akintoye’s comment, especially his position that he (Tinubu) was only pursuing his personal interest in running for the 2023 presidency, “as unfortunate, misdirected, misplaced and divisive”.
The former Lagos State governor who spoke through the director, Media & Publicity of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, noted that the separatist idea of pulling the zone out of Nigeria is being hatched by Akintoye and his group because there has never been any referendum in Yorubaland or any other part of the country about whether the Yorubas should stay in Nigeria or not.
In a statement issued to this effect on Thursday night, the APC standard bearer said, “To be candid, there are several agitation groups in the South West…
