National Chairman, Afenifere Renewal Group, Mr Wale Oshun, says pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, should be more concerned about the restructuring debate and insecurity in the South-West rather than bellyaching about the ongoing registration/revalidation of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Oshun said in an ARG viral video on Monday that he had become worried about the issues affecting Yorubaland and the APC matter Akande decided to bother himself with.
Akande had last week complained bitterly about the decision of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC National Caretaker Committee to embark on a fresh membership registration, saying it was an aberration.
According to Oshun, “I have been ruminating and it’s based on my concern that of the problems besetting us as a people, my own great leader, Chief Bisi Akande, would be talking about party registration when we as a people, the Yoruba, are beset with security issues.
“People have been killed, kidnapped and women raped on their farms. Ordinary citizens live in fear. Who is not living in fear now unless the person has a battery of security men superintending him or her? Why of all these issues we are not talking about restructuring?”
The former Chief Whip of the House of Representatives added, “I would have loved to see a strong voice behind the governors in Yorubaland who have the courage to challenge the insecurity in their respective states.
“I would have liked to see the strong voice admonishing one or two governors who feel unconcerned or not doing enough for their people about insecurity. That is what we need a strong voice for and not for party registration.
“We say, ‘baba awon omo kekeke’ (Akande’s sobriquet meaning father of children), not even about me but the omo kekeke coming behind. They must have a country, a region and lives. That is what you should be doing for us now. Lend your voice to the issues affecting us; restructuring, insecurity. All other things will be taken care of.”