The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, has sensationally argued that President Bola Tinubu does not behave like a Yoruba person.
Adebayo explained that Tinubu does not exhibit the traits of a genuine Yoruba person usually referred to as “omoluabi”.
Featuring on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, the politician said Tinubu does not meet the standard of the late Obafemi Awolowo, as well as the late Ladoke Akintola and other second and third Republic leaders.
He said: “Tinubu does not behave like a Yoruba person; he doesn’t have that omoluabi trait.
“There is no traditional ruler, Afenifere or clergy who can honestly go to a Yoruba gathering and say that Bola Tinubu is a Yoruba person.
“Awolowo had set the standard. If you look at Adesoji Aderemi, Ladoke Akintola; if you look at the quality of people in the Second and Third Republics, look at the governors, the quality of leadership, if you look around, the kind of Yoruba person you can use to represent other Yoruba people, he doesn’t meet the standard.
“I want to let you know that Yoruba are not tribalistic, not nepotistic. No Yoruba person will use a bad example of a Yoruba person to inspire his children.”