Afenifere tells Osinbajo
- The pan Yoruba socio-political group,
Afenifere, says the comments of former
Nigerian leaders suggests that there is need to
restructure the country
- Afenifere calls on the federal government to
take decisive action to stop the bloodshed
being caused by the rampaging herdsmen in
various parts of the country
- The group warns that failure by the
government to take action on the herdsmen
issue may force people who are being
attacked to result to self-help
The pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has
urged acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, to commence
the process for the implementation of the
recommendations of the 2014 national conference.
According to the group, the comments by former
Nigerian leaders including, Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd),
the former president, Goodluck Jonathan and the
former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, indicated that
there was need to restructure the country.
Afenifere made the call on Tuesday, May 30, in a
communique issued at the end of its quarterly
meeting held in the residence of its national leader,
Chief Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo state, This Day
reports.
Afenifere said Yemi Osinbajo should commence the
process for the implementation of the
recommendations of the 2014 National Conference
The group also called on the federal government to
take decisive action to stop the bloodshed being
caused by rampaging herdsmen in various parts of
the country.
It warned that failure to do so may force make
people who were being attacked to result to self-
help.
Newslanded learnt that the the group also urged states in the south-west to emulate Governor Ayodele
Fayose of Ekiti state by making laws to regulate
grazing.
Meanwhile, Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Afenifere has criticized Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, for asking
Nigerians to emulate the unity in multicultural US.
Osinbajo, speaking at the Biafra conference in Abuja
on Thursday, May 25 had cited the unity in
multicultural US as an example of how Nigerians
should live together.
However, reacting to Osinbajo’s statement,
Adebanjo in his presentation said American citizens
were not forced to live together.
The Afenifere leader argued that Nigerians were
being forced to stay together, which he added would
not help the development country.
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