The pan‑Yoruba socio‑political organisation Afenifere has announced the indefinite suspension of its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jare Ajayi, and its Organising Secretary, Mr. Abagun Kole Omololu, over alleged misconduct. In a communique issued after a meeting held at the residence of the group’s leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, Afenifere declared that the two officers had engaged in “uncouth activities and unauthorised statements in its name,” repeatedly denigrating the organisation. After “due consideration of the unending embarrassing conduct,” the meeting resolved to remove them from their offices and suspend their membership sine die, pending further decisions after they appear before the disciplinary committee.
The communique, made available to *The Punch* in Akure by the National Secretary‑General, Chief Sola Ebiseni, also reiterated Afenifere’s stance on the 2023 presidential election held on 25 February. The group maintains that the election was not credible, citing numerous irregularities, and asserts that credible sources confirm Labour Party candidate Mr. Peter Obi won the poll. Accordingly, Afenifere supports Obi’s challenge to the INEC declaration.
Furthermore, Afenifere re‑asserts that, for equity, fairness, national cohesion and peaceful coexistence, the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should come from the southern region, specifically the South‑East. The organisation condemns, in the strongest terms, the campaigns of calumny and ethnic violence perpetrated by some politicians and their hired criminal gangs during recent gubernatorial elections, particularly in Lagos State. It decries the portrayal of the election as an inter‑ethnic war between the Yoruba and Igbo, which it says led to voter suppression and deliberate disenfranchisement through brigandage.
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