Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation Afenifere, has indicated that the group will take the outcome of the February 25 presidential election to the Supreme Court.
In his address at St Phillip’s Anglican Church in Ogbo Ijebu, Ogun State, to commemorate his 95th birthday anniversary, Adebanjo maintained that Nigerians should not allow their rights to be trampled on, citing alleged electoral malpractices and brigandage during the election.
The octogenarian said that his advocacy and battle for a better Nigeria were not self-serving, but rather aimed at freeing the masses from the shackles of poverty, oppression, unemployment, poor governance, and other vices.
Additionally, Adebanjo bemoaned the situation of the nation, declaring, “This is not the Nigeria we fought for. What do you think the Sage, Pa Obafemi Awolowo, Late Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Sardauna of Sokoto would have to say about the terrible position our nation is in right now? We did not conduct politics in this manner.
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The election, he said, was a “daylight robbery” characterised by violence and senseless murders, and those who advised them to give up on the issue did not realise that it was not their struggle, but the fight of the people as a whole. If Labour Party candidate Peter Obi is elected president, it won’t matter to me. What would he have to give me now? But I’m in this for the people, he replied.
Adebanjo continued by saying that although Afenifere was not a member of the Labour Party, the party supported Afenifere’s principles. The APC could not claim to be fighting for the cause of the Yoruba more than Afenifere or himself, he said, since he sought liberty for all Nigerians.
He emphasised that Afenifere is committed to the enthronement of justice, fairness, and equity in his closing remarks. He stated:
“Don’t be afraid because we have just started the fight, Even if it remains only five of us in Afenifere, we would continue the fight and struggle for a better and viable Nigeria as Baba Obafemi Awolowo taught us.”
