The Afenifere, the socio-cultural Yoruba group has explained why the group is supporting the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi.
The group said that its support for Obi are based on justice, equity and inclusiveness.
Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of Afenifere canvassed this views yesterday in Lagos while speaking to reporters.
Adebanjo argued that after the eight of Olusegun Obasanjo as president and eight years of Prof Yemi Osinbajo as vice president, it would be wrong for another Yoruba to be the next president.
He said that supporting Obi is to bring the Igbos into the mainstream of national politics.
Said Adebanjo:’We cannot continue to demand that the Igbo people remain in Nigeria while we, at the same time, continue to brutally marginalise and exclude them from the power dynamics. Peter Obi is the person of Igbo extraction that Afenifere has decided to support and back, he is the man we trust to restructure the country back to federalism on the assumption of office.’
The Pond news understands that Obi is getting support across the country and sending fears into the camps of APC and PDP.
