Popular socio-political group, Afenifere, appears to be divided over the political ambitions of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi.
This is as the leader of the group Pa Reuben Fasoranti, and several South West leaders on Sunday, October 30, endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Tinubu.
Tinubu received their endorsement during a meeting he had with the leaders of the organization at Fasoranti’s residence in Akure, Ondo State.
Interestingly, the endorsement follows an earlier endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Obi by Ayo Adebanjo who was absent at the meeting with Asiwaju Tinubu.
Adebanjo, in a telephone interview on Sunday, said he was not supposed to be at the meeting in Akure, adding that his support for Obi was already known.
He said, “In the first place, I was not supposed to be there. In the second place, we have made our position clear. Pa Fasoranti asked me if I was coming, and I said if he asked me to come. But tell him what the position of Afenifere is. Once he has done that, I’m not going into any controversy about that.
”Afenifere has taken a stance to support Obi. Any other splinter or rebel group… I’m not going into any controversy about that. I regard that as a diversion. What we are going to do now is see that we succeed at the election.”
Fasoranti, who briefly prayed for the APC candidate, simply declared, “Tinubu will win the election.”
The organization’s National Organising Secretary, Abagun Omololu, also issued a statement at the end of the meeting.
In attendance at the meeting were former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Retired Methodist Bishop, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu; National Secretary of APC, Senator Iyiola Omisore; General Secretary of Yoruba Council of Elders, Senator Cornelius Adebayo; former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande; and Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal, who represented Governor Seyi Makinde.
Also, absent at the endorsement of Tinubu was the Secretary-General of Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni.
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