Pa Adebanjo backing Peter Obi with ‘Ohanifere’ for egocentric curiosity: Tinubu

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign council has criticised the chief of Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, for utilizing the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group to pursue a private political agenda in opposition to the ruling social gathering’s flag bearer, Bola Tinubu.

In an announcement issued on Saturday, Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for the APC marketing campaign council, accused Mr Adebanjo of masquerading with Afenifere to canvass assist for Peter Obi, the Labour Social gathering (LP) candidate within the 2023 basic election. 

“We all know for a undeniable fact that Baba has turned Afenifere into his private property as Performing Chief. We’re additionally sure that there was nowhere Afenifere, as we all know it, met and took a call to undertake Mr Peter Obi as a candidate for the 2023 presidential election,” Mr Onanuga stated.  

Mr Adebanjo, one of many revered leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, has overtly supported Mr Obi in his presidential bid to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who can be rounding off his eight years tenure on the seat. 

The Afenifere chief has constantly proven his disdain for the particular person of Mr Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, after the latter triggered division within the pan-Yoruba group within the run-up to the 2003 election, inflicting its members to separate in numerous teams. 

Additionally, Mr Adebanjo has by no means failed to claim that his choice to assist Mr Obi, who’s from the South-east a part of the nation, was primarily based on fairness, equity, and justice. 

The APC marketing campaign council stated Mr Adebanjo, though free as a person to assist any candidate of his selection within the election, doesn’t communicate for Afenifere. 

“We respect the age of Baba Adebanjo however he can’t flip Afenifere into his private franchise for any political alliance,” the assertion stated.

The assertion additional, “We’re very a lot conscious that Baba Reuben Fasoranti, the true chief of Afenifere had said clearly that Pa Adebanjo has all the time been talking for himself on many nationwide points utilizing the identify of the group. 

“It’s our nicely thought of place that Pa Adebanjo can’t applicable Afenifere. Baba is simply a person who’s free to assist any politician of his selection. As a person, he  can’t equate himself with the socio-cultural and socio-political organisation.”