As reactions continue to trail the recent statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the state of the nation, the Council of Progressive Yoruba Youths has apologised to Nigerians. The youth group said the latest missive in circulation entitled “Points For Concern And Action by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo” was off-point and should be discarded in its entirety. Speaking at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday, the National President of the group, Kola Salawu, said Nigerians needed to forgive Obasanjo for the eight years he spent as a civilian president and for the wrong path he set the nation on. Salawu said the Yoruba race was deeply ashamed that a so-called elder from its ethnic stock decided to remain in a muddy gutter by penning such nauseating content. The youth leader said: “In Yoruba land, we take pride in answering our names. Only a bastard will deny his name. In practical terms, this translates into us standing by our decisions and actions, irrespective of...