The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland,
Oba Sikiru Adetona, has told President Goodluck
Jonathan, that it is not proper in Ijebuland or
Yorubaland for an Oba to canvass for votes for
any candidates seeking elective posts.
Rather, monarchs in Yorubaland only encourage
their subjects to make their informed choices.
The monarch said this when President Goodluck
Jonathan paid a private visit to him in his palace
in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
President Jonathan, who arrived the palace
around 11.15am in a convoy, was accompanied
by the National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Adamu Mu’azu; a former
governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel;
Governors of Bayelsa and Ondo states, Seriake
Dickson and Olusegun Mimiko respectively,
among others.
The royal father said any Oba canvassing for
votes for any political party’s candidate would be
courting trouble. He said rather than engaging
monarchs for campaign, each candidate must go
out and sell his or manifesto to the electorate.
Source: Punch
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