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2027: Yoruba Will Occupy Topmost Places In My Govenment, Hausa-Fulani Won’t Dominate, Says Atiku
Former Vice President and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has said he is lucky to have married a Yoruba woman, describing the race as one of the finest species among humanity.
The Waziri Adamawa was reacting to comments that his administration would be a Hausa-Fulani domination if he becomes President in 2027.
He described Titi Atiku Abubakar, from Ijesa tribe in Osun State as a jewel of inestimable value.
Atiku in a statement by his Media Consultant, Kola Johnson, said the interest of the Yoruba will always occupy a topmost place in his policy making and governance if he becomes President in 2027.
He said, “It is for this reason that I count myself extremely lucky indeed to have had a wife from amongst this noble specie of the human race, which by this token implies that the bond uniting me together with the Yoruba is aptly like the genetic bond of a family, and this is why the Yoruba, whether individually or collectively, have always occupied a special place in my heart.
“It is also for this reason that the interest of the Yoruba will always occupy a topmost place in my policy making and governance if by the special Grace of Allah, I am lucky to be president in 2027.
“Therefore, the fear that my ascension to Presidency might lead to Hausa/Fulani domination over Yoruba or other ethic group does not only arise, but also absolutely unfounded because the entire Yoruba stock are my larger extended family and In-laws.
“In case you don’t know or have forgotten, I was married to my first wife, Titi, a Yoruba woman in the 70s and we have four Yoruba children together. She is now over 75 years and we are still together.
“My children with Titi sometimes called me “Baba Rere”, meaning good father. I am extremely in love with my children and serve as a good father to them as I urged every father to do the same to their children.
“And besides, Yoruba are so sophisticated and highly educated that you can only toy with them at your own peril.
“My Ijesha-born Yoruba wife is more than a wife to me. Aptly put, he is my Jewel of inestimable value and anybody who knows about my family, even from a distance can easily tell you this.
“This has indeed been the reason why both in my private and public life, the Yoruba rank amongst my most intimate friends and associates. Therefore I have never joked with them.”
“Anyone who knows me will tell you with all sincerity that, as a person, I am naturally a highly detribalised person. Even before I could ever venture into politics,I flowed easily and effortlessly with people of diverse tribes, ethnicity, religion and whatever sectarian differences.”
“This is why immediately I opted into politics without being immodest, I was essentially like a politician without borders, in terms of my absolutely detribalised outlook. Call it a statesman if you would not mind.
“But frankly speaking, however, I cannot but confess that my marital union to a Yoruba wife had indeed gone a long way in endearing the generality of the Yorubas in my heart.
“I see the larger Yoruba regional landscape, not only as my home just as I equally see the extended Yoruba tribes men and women as an extended larger family. So the question of Hausa/Fulani domination does not arise at all.”