Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has vowed not to support a SouthWest candidate in the ongoing scramble for Nigeria’s number one position.
In an interview with The PUNCH, the elderstateman noted that for equity and fairness, the South-East should be allowed to produce the country’s next president.
He said, “How can I back a South-West candidate? That is not equity. Has Obasanjo not done so for eight years? Has Osinbajo not done eight years as VP? Has Jonathan not done five years as President? Is the South-East not part of Nigeria?
“We want peace and equity. It is the turn of the South-East. I don’t talk ambiguously. It is the South-East that the thing must go; there is no doubt about that…”
You’re on your own, Tinubu, Osinbajo reply Adebanjo
However, reacting in a separate interview with the newspaper, the pro-Bola Ahmed Tinubu and pro-Yemi Osinbajo groups disagreed with the elderstaman.
Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, the leader of the pro-Tinubu group, South West Agenda 2023 and the Convener, Progressive Lawyers for Osinbajo, Dr Kayode Ajulo said Adebanjo’s position on the matter was personal and didn’t represent that the stand of the umbrella Yoruba sociocultural group
