Aare Adams gives conditions for Yoruba to support any presidential candidate

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, over the weekend, gave conditions under which he would support a presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls.
He vowed to support any Presidential candidate that throws his weight behind the restructuring of the country.

He said this when former governor of Ogun State and the Director General of Atiku Campaign Organisation, Otunba Daniel led members of Atiku campaign groups to his residence on a courtesy visit.

He described Otunba Daniel as one of the prominent sons of Yoruba race that has the interest of Yoruba Land at heart.

He said: “As the 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba Land, I must not be partisan, every son and daughter of Yoruba Land has every right to visit me.

“Only a Presidential candidate that has passion and believes in the restructuring of Nigeria will be supported. The only solution to the present problems of Nigeria is the restructuring.

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Nigeria should be restructured along six geo political zones based on federating units. This is how it was written in the 1963 Constitution, this will give room for the economic and developmental rivalries among the six geo political zones based on federating units.

Any political party that believes in this will have our support.”

In his remarks, Daniel said his visit was to pay a courtesy visit to Iba Adams as the 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba Land.

He also noted that as the Director-General of Atiku Campaign Organization, he was there to seek support for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential candidate in 2019 election.

Some of the dignitaries in Daniel’s entourage were Araba Tola Adeniyi, Akogun Tunde Odanye, Chief Kole Omololu, Hon Hakeem Gbajabiamila, Mr Wellington, Prof Kila of university Of Cambridge, Hon Onamisi Mr Deji Wellington, and Prince Deji Kalejaye among others.

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