Afenifere in a sentence

A group of protesters under the aegis Concerned Oodua Defendants (COD), staged a protest in Ibadan on Thursday, calling on South-West governors to prevail on the leader of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo to step aside.

Gboluaje said: “We watch with dismay, disappointment and sadness how the noble ideal of Afenifere founding fathers has been bastardised in the last year.

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has told the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that he lied in his comments in the United States of America on the 2023 general election in Nigeria.

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has declared that the seven days request made by President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the problems associated with cash crunch in the country was too long.

Why a faction of Afenifere, a once-upon-a-time respected and venerated Yoruba socio-cultural and political organization, continues to insist that Obi won the vote beggars belief.

Afenifere also accused Buhari of not doing anything to tackle kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism during his administration.

Afenifere also pointed out the adverse effects of high interest rates and the recent devaluation of the naira, emphasizing that these policies have crowded out the productive sectors of the economy from accessing necessary loans.

Afenifere noted that the revenue from mining activities should “enrich the country and Nigerians in general rather than end up in private pockets,” adding that mining activities should be organised under the law.

As the General Secretary and spokesman for Afenifere, I met the leader, Chief Michael Ajasin in Owo, Ondo State.

Some members of the Fasoranti side reportedly met with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to intervene in the issue, which prompted the governor’s move sometime last year to reconcile Afenifere.

The Afenifere leader’s statement highlighted the government’s initiatives, such as removing fuel subsidies and floating the Naira, as painful but necessary steps to rectify the country’s economic woes.

The communiqué was terse, but it boomed with a note of finality, for the attendees who signed off on the new order were the who-is-who in Afenifere and Yoruba land.

They also faulted Pa Fasoranti and his loyalists for saying that Afenifere is not political.

This was as Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State called on the Afenifere leaders to close ranks.

Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin said, “There is no other name to call this than regionalisation of the Army for a section of the country without necessarily saying so.

Also, the pan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has raised suspicion over the death of the female officer, rejecting the road accident explanation.

By Chibuzo Ukaibe, Abuja The leaders of Afenifere and Ohanaeze said attempts to use the violence resulting from the recent spate of violence to put a wedge between Yoruba and Igbo is devilish.

Last August, the daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader, Funke Olakunrin was shot dead by unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

Obasanjo spoke against the background the purported resolution of the difference between him and Adams on Wednesday at the Lagos home of Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

Well-meaning Nigerians and groups, including Afenifere and Northern Elders' Forum, had thrown their weight behind the House's motion to summon Buhari, lamenting how insecurity had become a norm in the country.