‘Emi lokan,’ ‘olule’: Tinubu has Added New Words to Yoruba Political Dictionary – Obasanjo
POLITICS DIGEST – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has eulogised the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for adding new vocabulary to the Yoruba political dictionary.
His statement is coming days after Tinubu met with him in Abeokuta, Ogun state, as part of efforts to get support for his presidential ambition.
On June 2, days before the party’s presidential primaries, the former Lagos governor spoke about how he was instrumental in the election of President Muhammadu Buhari, and why he deserves to be his successor.
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Speaking on the highlights of Tinubu’s recent visit, Obasanjo said he told the former Lagos governor that he has successfully added new words to the political dictionary of Yorubaland and that “we will continue to use it.”
“Yesterday, when I received a visitor, I said visitor you have introduced new vocabulary into the Yoruba political dictionary,” he said.
“Èmi Lọ Kàn, Eléyìí, Olule, he laughed and I said I don’t know If these new words are good or not good, but they are new and we will continue to use them,” the former president said.
Obasanjo’s comment is coming shortly after the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, who accompanied Tinubu to the meeting, said the meeting has assured the APC candidate of victory in the 2023 elections.
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