Says Faction That Endorsed Buhari Are Historical Renegades.
The
pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has distanced itself from
media reports that it has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari’s
re-election bid.
The group denounced the endorsement in Ibadan,
the Oyo State capital on Wednesday, saying those involved in the
endorsement – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief Ayo Fasanmi and
Senator Olabiyi Durojaye — were not members of the group.
A
statement made available by Yinka Odumakin, the group’s National
Publicity Secretary, referred to those involved as historical renegades.
The
statement read: “We ordinarily would not respond to a gathering of
historical renegades but for the sake of the unwary who may have been
confused by the nefarious action of these impostors.
“We say
without equivocation that minus Senator Ayo Fasanmi, who had a past
connection with Afenifere till 2003, and Senator Olabiyi Durojaye, who
is presently an employee of Buhari, all the others at the summit
including Prof Yemi Osinbajo have never been known in Afenifere.
“If
these are Afenifere, they would never have gathered for Buhari’s
endorsement in any part of Yorubaland on a day the Nigerian Tribune, the
legacy of Obafemi Awolowo who is the founder of Afenifere, was being
relaunched.”
Odumakin berated Osinbajo for being absent from the
activities held to mark the late sage’s remembrance activities, despite
being married to Awolowo’s grand-daughter.
He added: “The
godfather of this fake group is, of course, Bola Tinubu who was made
governor by Afenifere in 1999, when his real character was not known.
“We
tell the Tinubu followers that we don’t deny them the right to support
Buhari. If they call themselves South-West Miyetti Allah, it worries us
not. They should only stop the fraudulent claim to Afenifere.”
Source:- Saharareporters
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