Afenifere, the socio-cultural group in Yoruba, has announced that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who won the presidential election on February 25th, was validly elected and that no one else won the contest.
The group believes that Tinubu will lead Nigeria to greater heights and has dismissed claims that it declared Peter Obi of the Labour Party as the winner of the presidential poll. The leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, personally signed a statement in which he also denied the alleged suspension of Jare Ajayi, the National Publicity Secretary of the group, and Kole Omololu Abagun, the National Organizing Secretary, by a communique issued after a meeting in Isanya Ogun on Tuesday.
“My attention has been drawn to the Communique purportedly issued after a meeting that held on Tuesday, March 27, at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State. This statement is being issued because of the content of the said document.
“Section 2.02 of the document claims that “the results of the lawful votes at the Presidential election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, won the said election”. The statement reads
“Afenifere could not have asserted that someone, other than the person declared by the body duly authorized by the Constitution and other extant laws of the land, is the winner of the presidential election held on February 25, 2023 in Nigeria.
“The body mandated to conduct elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), after the completion of this year’s presidential election on February 25th, has declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the winner of the said election. Our National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Comrade Jare Ajayi, issued a congratulatory message to the President-elect after he had been issued a Certificate of Return by INEC.
