Leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo
Adebanjo, on Thursday, said his group will pressure the President, Muhammadu
Buhari to realise the restructuring of the country before the 2023 general
elections.
The 93-year-old chieftain stated this while addressing the
press at the Wheat Baker Hotel in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.
Adebanjo said he “owe it to posterity, to speak unalloyed
truth to unconscionable powers, and to clarify the position of my people, the
Yoruba of the Nigerian state, so that whenever I might be recalled home, it
shall be said of me, that I not only did my bit, I indeed said my bit, and the
position of the Yoruba people and Afenifere, were clearly and succinctly
enunciated.”
He lamented that despite initial agreement to restructure Nigeria before Buhari was elected into office in 2015, the ex-military head of state has refused to heed the call of the people on restructuring, devolution of powers, fiscal federalism and state police.
The Afenifere leader said, “We are not anarchists, we are not
secessionists, we are democrats. We recognise that there is a democratically
elected President in Aso Rock. We are not asking for Buhari’s resignation, and
since the National Assembly has not seen fit to impeach him, he remains the
President of Nigeria until the 29th of May, 2023. But it is the considered
position of Afenifere that he urgently constitutes a Government Of National
Unity, charged with the sole task of seeing to the restructuring of Nigeria, in
consultation with the Nigerian peoples.”
“Let it be heard loud
and clear; Afenifere shall be leading the Yoruba people to demand substantial
restructuring before any fraudulent elections might be held in 2023, and the
response of the Buhari regime to these equitable demands for restructuring the
country along federalist lines, in order to restore it to its roots and
original agreements, shall go a long way in shaping the position of the Yoruba
people in the future, but let it be heard loud and clear; Nigeria is not only
negotiable, it is evidently dying,” he added.
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