Tinubu Responsible For Crisis In Afenifere – Yoruba Youths

The Southwest Renaissance Group, a Yoruba socio-economic youth group, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, of being responsible for the current conflict shaking the leadership of the socio-cultural organization, Afenifere.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Yoruba youth group claimed that Tinubu had a history of sowing discord within Afenifere and that this was not the first time.

In a statement, the group’s convener, Olaitan Abdul Salam, stated that Tinubu did the same with Afenifere in 2002 to fulfill his second-term aspiration as Lagos governor.

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The group’s reaction follows a power struggle between Afenifere’s leadership, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who had previously declared the group’s support for Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Pa Reuben Fasoranti’s endorsement of All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.

Abdul Salam, who called Tinubu a “perennial divider-in-chief” and a “continuous divider of brethren,” advised Yorubas against supporting his presidential ambition in 2023.

He said “We are not surprised by what is currently playing out, we know him too well as a constant divider of brethren, In 2002, this same Bola Tinubu divided Afenifere to achieve his second term ambition as Lagos governor.

“He divided the Yoruba Council of Elders in 2015 to control the Yoruba nation, and he has again divided Afenifere because of his 2023 presidential ambition.

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“We call on voters from the Yoruba-dominated states to rise up and save our land. We must rescue our land from this perennial divider-in-chief and ensure that the Yoruba interest in Nigeria’s politics should not be driven by ethnicity but by the basic credential of electing a president who qualifies for an Omoluabi.”

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