The Afenifere National Youth Council has declared its endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for the upcoming February 25 election. Eniola Ojajuni, the National President of the council, announced this on Sunday in Lagos. Ojajuni highlighted Obi’s accomplishments during his tenure as Anambra State Governor as the primary reason for the council’s support.
He also revealed that one of Obi’s key plans is to restructure Nigeria. The council expressed confidence in the electoral process, believing it will be conducted fairly and without any irregularities.
“We are here to endorse the candidate of the LP, Obi officially as the sole candidate for the Southwest youth wing. It took us almost three months to reach the conclusions amongst 147 youth groups in Yoruba land, and today, we officially announced Obi and his running mate, Ahmed Datti, as our sole candidate for the presidential election on Saturday.
“Before we endorsed him, Obi assured us that the first thing he would do is to restructure the country.”
“We believe that the election will hold, and it will be free and fair and the youths in the SW are ready to vote obi. Our target is to give him five million votes.”
He encouraged the Yorubas throughout the nation to choose Obi as their preferred candidate, emphasizing that the presidency should now be held by someone from the Southeast region.
“The reason we endorsed Obi is because the Yoruba has had his shot in the presidency through former President Olusegun Obasanjo, likewise former President Goodluck Jonathan who is from the South South. Our current president Muhammadu Buhari is from the North. It’s the turn of the Southeast to produce the presidency, for equity and justice,” he said.
