The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday, tackled the
Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, over its refusal to support Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his 2023 presidential bid.
The group further noted that Tinubu deserves Afenifere’s
support in view of his active role in the struggle for the restoration of
democracy in Nigeria.
MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, who expressed
shock over the decision of pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, in a statement said
the leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has shown signs of refusal to
support Tinubu, as the group kept mute, two weeks after Tinubu declared
intention to contest for president.
The group said it believed that Tinubu deserves to reap from
the gains of democracy, having sacrificed so much for its realisation.
“As a member of the CD under Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti in those
tough days, the Director of MURIC can testify that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
visited No. 19, Imaria Street, Anthony Village, Lagos secretariat of Dr. Beko,
who was the CD chairman on several occasions to give both moral and financial
support. It was a huge risk for him to have done this with the Abacha gestapo
on the trail of pro-democracy activists,” the statement said.
While describing the action of Afenifere as myopic and
unpatriotic, MURIC said the group has one or two lessons to learn from the
Igbo.
“Unlike Afenifere’s cold attitude towards the only Yoruba
man who has shown interest in the presidency (at least publicly), the Igbo
socio-cultural group, the Ohaneze, has pledged to support two Igbo men (Anyim
Pius Anyim and Dave Umahi), who have expressed interest in the presidency with
10 billion naira.
“We call on Afenifere to sharpen its political instinct. An adage says one good turn deserves another. The Yoruba socio-cultural group should neither reject its best candidate nor remain neutral at a time others are embracing their own,” he added.
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