27/04/2026
We 're Solidly Behind President Tinubu's Reelection Bid - Oluwo Declares
…As Osun City Boy Movement Pays Royal Homage, Seeks Support For Oyebamiji, Tinubu
A foremost traditional ruler, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi on Sunday declared royal support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's reelection bid.
The revered monarch reaffirmed readiness to ensure the victory of the President in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
This is even as members of the Osun State chapter of the City Boy Movement on Sunday paid royal homage and advocacy visit to the palace of Oluwo for royal blessings and support.
Recall that the train of Osun City Boy Movement led by its State Director, Engr. Kayode Sowade, visited Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi few days ago as part of their advocacy tours to cities, towns and villages across the nooks and crannies of the state.
Receiving the youths in his palace, Oba Akanbi openly extolled President Tinubu's transformative leadership that had turned the nation's fortunes in almost three years of his administration.
Oluwo who was flanked by some royal fathers in Iwoland, including Akire of Ikire Ile, Onisara of Feesu, Ologburo of Ogburo, Oloja of Agberire, Olu of Akinleye, Agbodowu of Foritaje, Oloke of Obamoro, Olota of Ilota, and the Alajagba of Ajagba, maintained that the present administration in the country had performed creditably well across sectors of the economy most significantly infrastructure, education, health, agriculture and financial discipline and reengineering.
He threw his weight behind the President's indellible imprints saying "Tinubu has done excellently well in reviving our dearth economy and repositioning our country to the path of sustainable socioeconomic transformation, growth and development in the last three years."
While showering royal blessings on the members of the City Boy Movement, the revered monarch prayed for peaceful and successful conduct of the forthcoming Osun governorship election and general elections in the country.
In his short remarks, the State Director, Osun City Boy Movement, Engr. Kayode Sowade lauded Oluwo for always promoting the sociocultural heritage of Yoruba race anywhere in the world.
He particularly eulogized Oba Akanbi for his distinction as an unrepentant, inimitable and indomitable progressive monarch whose immense contributions to the rejuvenation of traditional institution can not be overemphasised.
According to him, the visit was aimed to intimate people particularly youths and women to the great achievements of the President Tinubu's government.
Sowade noted that the Movement is irrevocably committed to bridge the gap between the government and the masses thorough intense advocacy and gospel of the good things of the central government.
He used the occasion to appeal to the people of the ancient town to continue to support President Tinubu's government in its efforts to build a nation of the citizens' dream and vote massively for the progressive party- the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun and general elections next year.
