The Muhammadu Buhari campaign organisation has reacted to the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election by the Yoruba socio political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, describing it as ‘worthless especially from a group that has lost its relevance in Nigeria’.
This was disclosed in a statement by a member of the directorate of media and publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), Mr. Rotimi Fashakin on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
The statement reads:
“The real reasons for this Afenifere’s endorsement may not be known, but these definitely are not in the interest of the Yoruba people that this group pretends to be serving.
“All across the South- West and, everywhere within the nation space where Yoruba people are found, there is a loud acclamation for change. This desire for change by the Yoruba has impugned the veracity of the Afenifere endorsement.
“We hereby advise the Yoruba and, indeed the Nigerian people, to discountenance the endorsement of Afenifere as the personal opinion of a group that has no relevance in the politicoeconomic conditions of the South-West states. We shall continue to work assiduously for the peace and politico-economic well of the Nigerian people,” the organisation said.
“For the records, the Yoruba people have been privileged to have leaders with unmistakable candour and courage in speaking eloquently and unambiguously at critical times in our nation’s history,” the statement read.
