A leader of Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, has prayed for the success of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu visited the home of Fasoranti in Akure, the Ondo capital.
During the meeting, the former governor of Lagos bowed his head to receive prayers from the Afenifere leader.
Tinubu last visited Fasoranti was in 2019 when he condoled with him over the death of Funke Olakunrin, his daughter.
Olakunrin was killed by gunmen on her way to Lagos.
Fasoranti’s support for Tinubu comes weeks after Ayo Adebanjo, one of the founding fathers of Afenifere, endorsed Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).
Adebanjo explained it is based on the principle of equity and federal character as enshrined in the constitution.
“The south-west, as I have pointed out, has produced a president and currently sits as VP. The south-south has spent a total of six years in the presidency. But the Igbo people of the south-east have never tasted presidency in Nigeria. And now that the power is due back in the south, equity demands that it’s ceded to Igbo,” he said.
“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.”
Tinubu has declined, no longer man of the people – Momodu
The Director of Communications for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, has revealed why he’s opposed to Tinubu’s presidential ambition.
In a statement, Momodu admitted love for the man Tinubu but not the politician he had become.
According to him, Tinubu was no longer a man of his people and had declined over the years.
“I have just read Festus Keyamo’s response to my critique of the APC manifesto of lies. I’m not surprised that all he could do was yell as usual without examining or practically addressing the content of my article. Unfortunately, he picked on a wrong customer.
“Let me take a few minutes to educate this young friend of mine who has since become a shadow of his old self since he was offered an appointment, that makes him look so incompetent, by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
“What did Festus say I did wrong? He quoted copiously from an article I wrote about two years ago. Which the Tinubu media teams have been using to campaign endlessly, because they have no stronger voice of their own. I’m indeed flattered.
“There is no doubt that I love Tinubu the man but I disagree vehemently with Tinubu the Politician. This is not the first time I will say it publicly. Since I now have the opportunity of presenting the bones of my disagreement with Tinubu, courtesy of Festus Keyamo, I will lay them bare.
“Tinubu has declined in the last few years. I used to see him as a man of his people but no supposed generalissimo would ever abandon his people in the days of trouble and tribulation. None of the people around him could tell him the truth for pecuniary reasons,” Momodu said.
