BREAKING: Yoruba Must Stop Joining Their Enemies to Destroy Themselves

History is never kind to a people who abandon their own at the very moment he is carrying the heaviest burden on behalf of the nation and doing them proud.

Today, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, clearly the most cerebral President Nigeria has had stands at the centre of the most far-reaching economic and political reforms undertaken by any Nigerian leader since the return to democratic rule in 1999.

He inherited a nation battered by decades of policy failures, mounting debt, a fraudulent subsidy regime, declining revenues, widespread insecurity, collapsing infrastructure, and a dangerously weakened economy. Nigeria was standing at the edge of a precipice.

Yet, rather than postpone the pain and leave the burden for future generations, Tinubu chose the difficult path. He confronted problems previous leaders merely managed. He took decisions many before him lacked the courage to take.

That is why it is both shocking and disappointing to witness some Yoruba voices joining the chorus of those who attack, abuse, and vilify him daily.

One is compelled to ask: What exactly is the objective?

What is the mission of those who come onto Yoruba platforms only to amplify and echo the “pull him down” campaign against a Yoruba President? What explains the willingness of some to become enthusiastic distributors of every negative narrative, accusation, rumour, and propaganda directed at him?

More troubling is the silence of some administrators of Yoruba platforms who permit relentless attacks on a Yoruba leader while turning a blind eye to the obvious hostility being promoted in their midst. Is this indifference or complicity?

What reasonable justification exists for any Yoruba organisation or individual to spend every waking hour attacking a Yoruba President while refusing to acknowledge a single achievement of his administration?

Nobody is asking for blind loyalty. Nobody is demanding silence in the face of genuine disagreement. Criticism is an essential part of democracy.

But there is a clear difference between constructive criticism and relentless hostility. There is a difference between patriotism and vindictiveness. There is a difference between principled opposition and political sabotage.

Some individuals claim to love the Yoruba Nation, yet they reserve their deepest anger for the one Yoruba man carrying the enormous responsibility of leading Nigeria through one of its most difficult periods.

They amplify every accusation.

They repeat every falsehood.

They circulate every rumour.

They promote every hostile narrative.

Yet when roads are being constructed, they are silent.

When government revenues improve, they are silent.

When foreign investments return, they are silent.

When major infrastructure projects advance, they are silent.