A socio-cultural group, Oodua Youths Initiative (OYI) has berated the members Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and aides to Governor Seyi Makinde for masquerading as activists to discredit the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The group specifically lambasted Kunle Yusuf, who is the former Special Adviser on SDGs and Bolanle Sarumi-Alliyu, a former Senior Special Assistants on Diaspora for acting as members of Civil Societies Organisations (CSOs) to discredit an election that was free and fair.
The revealed that both Kunle Yusuf and Balanle Sarumi are known members of the PDP from Oyo State.
Asking Nigerians not to be carried away by the antics, OYI in a statement by its coordinator, Yemisi Ajibola, said that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu should be commended for a job well done.
According to the group, “we are appalled by the ongoing, though unsuccessful attempt to condemn a peaceful election that produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president-elect of Nigeria. This is laughable. These people call themselves democrats. If an election held and you aren’t satisfied, the next thing is to approach the court.
”We are happy that former governor Ayo Fayose exposed them during his interview with Arise TV. Governor ‘Seyi Makinde should as a matter of fact call the two of them to order before they mislead the public.
“A winner has emerged. Those who aren’t satisfied shouldn’t set the country on fire. They should go to court. Election has been held. The winner has been congratulated. Those who aren’t satisfied should go to court and not to fool the people by arranging their members to be assessing press conference.
”Democracy like ours is still growing. Though we are not where we want to be but we are not where we used to be. You can’t discredit an election because of small issue. There’s the court if you insist the election wasn’t transparent enough,” the statement added.
