Sola Ebiseni, the Secretary General of the Yoruba
Socio-Cultural group, Afenifere, has described as false the claim made in
several outlets that Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the group, endorsed the
candidacy of BolaTinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
Ebiseni stated that it was a mere blessing rather than an
endorsement.
The Chief Scribe of the Yoruba apex organisation disclosed
this on Tuesday morning while fielding questions on the Arise TV show
programme.
Recall that the ensuing confusion in the Yoruba
socio-political group continued when Pa Fasoranti was reported to have said
that the frontline Yoruba group is for Tinubu and not for Peter Obi of the
Labour Party.
Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who was said to be in an acting capacity
for the group, endorsed Obi, as he insisted that it is the turn of the
South-East to produce the next President.
Shortly after Adebanjo endorsed Obi, Pa Fasoranti threw his
weight behind Tinubu’s 2023 bid and blessed him.
However, Ebiseni has come out to say that the meeting they
held, which led to the purported endorsement of Tinubu, was not an Afenifere
meeting.
“Was that an endorsement, an Afenifere endorsement? I would
have loved you to ask that as the second leg of your question”.
“Now, as I told you, the meeting that they held was not an
Afenifere meeting. That meeting – the notice of that meeting was issued in the
name of a Whatsapp group, “Conscience of Yoruba Nation”.
“I am sure Dr Abati would be on that platform. The
conscience of the Yoruba Nation, so many people are there; you don’t need to be
a politician. I don’t know If Rufai is as political as Dr Abatti because I
know, at a time, he wanted to be a deputy governor.”
He added, “You see, those who expressed political
inclination about this time, they gathered them in the Whatsapp group, and my
brother says he is the director general.
“They told people, please, we are going to hold a meeting in
respect of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidency, and Pa Fasoranti has agreed
to host and preside over that meeting; the duration of the meeting will be only
from 11 pm to 1 am. two hours.
“I told you there was a debate from 29 July 2021 to 27
September 2022 (14 months of debate), compared with two hours of the jamboree.
It was not an endorsement; Baba has the power to bless
anyone.
“So, many people will still go to Pa Fasoranti for blessing; it does not deter from the decision Afenifere had taken- endorsing Peter Obi”.
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