Acting leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has maintained that he is still the group’s leader.
Adebanjo made his comments in an interview yesterday, in response to the claim by another Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, that he is the real leader of the group.
Fasoranti had stated that the meeting of the socio-political group would henceforth hold in Akure, the Ondo State capital, and that the leaders of the group would no longer converge on Isoya Ogbo, the Ijebu home of Chief Ayo Adebanjo.
According to Fasoranti, the group never endorsed the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for the 2023 presidential election, who was an endorsed candidate of Pa Adebanjo.
He had also denied being paid to endorse the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, saying he had always been a man of principle.
However, reacting during an interview yesterday, Adebanjo, who laughed at Fasoranti’s statement, stated that they were waiting to see who would attend any Afenifere meeting in Akure, Pa Fasoranti’s hometown.
The currently brewing crisis is on which presidential candidate to endorse. While the Adebanjo group endorsed Obi, Pa Fasoranti endorsed Tinubu of the APC.
