The last may not have been heard on the crisis rocking the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, over the outcome of the 2023 presidential election held on February 25, 2023.
Following the claim by the acting leader of the mainstream Yoruba group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, that no one should send congratulatory messages to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, under the Afenifere umbrella, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has insisted that he is still the leader.
A statement signed by the immediate past Secretary-General of the group, Chief Seinde Arogbofa, disclosed that with Fasoranti still alive, “the octogenarian is the leader of the apex Yoruba group, and as such, his pronouncement on any issue remains final on behalf of Afenifere.” “You will recall that on September 3, 2022, in an interview, I said that some members were foisting Peter Obi as a presidential candidate on us, and that Afenifere members were not robots. They are made up of intelligent people with strong convictions but occasional divergent views.
“I concluded by saying, if elections will hold in 2023, many Afenifere members and, by extension, the right-thinking, accommodating, and unbiased Yoruba ethnic group, who are in the silent majority, will vote for Tinubu.” Reacting to this development, Dr. Farounbi said the original vision of Afenifere was to defend and project the interest of the Yoruba, while the YCE through its Secretary-General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, called on Afenifere to support Tinubu, having been declared as winner, adding that: “Tinubu is a pride to all sons and daughters of the Yoruba and Nigeria generally.”
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