Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly generally known as Sunday Igboho, has criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his current stage stunt in Akure, Ondo State, describing the motion as an insult to President Bola Tinubu.
Igboho made the remarks on Sunday in Ibadan in the course of the launch of his safety outfit, the Iru Ekun Security Network.
The activist warned that he wouldn’t hesitate to confront anybody who insults Tinubu, both instantly or not directly.
“You jumped up like a frog, asking whether Baba Tinubu could jump like that. Can you see that he lacks a father figure?” he mentioned.
“May God grant Baba Tinubu long life and allow us to grow old like him. May God give us a son who will become president of Nigeria.”
Igboho additionally cautioned towards mocking aged folks, questioning why Tinubu’s age had turn into a topic of debate in discussions concerning the president’s bodily stamina.
“How old is Tinubu compared with the Zambian president that you would jump up and say he could not jump as you did?” he requested.
“Tinubu has shown us mercy. So, whoever abuses Tinubu, I will abuse that person in return. I will challenge them and mess them up to a level they never imagined possible.”
Although Igboho didn’t determine the Zambian president he referenced, Zambia’s present president, Hakainde Hichilema, is 64 years previous. The nation’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, died in June 2021 on the age of 97.
Makinde had on Thursday jumped off the stage throughout a South-West city corridor assembly organised by the Makinde/Daura marketing campaign organisation in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The governor used the stunt to show his bodily stamina forward of the 2027 presidential election.
He additionally challenged different presidential aspirants to carry out the same feat, telling the viewers: “If they can do that, vote for them.”
Makinde urged Nigerians to contemplate the bodily health and stamina of candidates in search of to turn into president in 2027.
The Oyo governor mentioned he wouldn’t make age a difficulty within the election however would as an alternative concentrate on the vitality and capability of candidates to deal with the calls for of the presidency.
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