The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 Presidential election as one that should further unify the country in view of the spread of his votes from across the country.
National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Jare Ajayi, in an issued statement yesterday, said, “Garnering substantial votes from five out of the country’s six geo-political zones demonstrates that the mandate given to Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima is one meant to re-invent Nigeria as a truly federal, yet united, country.
While congratulating Tinubu, the organisation urged those who were not satisfied with the outcome of the election to seek established legal redress “to which they have every right. We should however allow peace to reign while the legal process is explored and even thereafter”.
Afenifere observed that Tinubu will be taking the mantle of leadership at a time that the country was highly divided with mistrust at an all-high level, but stated that the potentials to have the country develop rapidly, welfare of the people rapidly improved and social vices curbed to the barest minimum.
Ajayi, who recalled Tinubu affirming that he has “the confidence, vision and capacity” to do the job and his promise to be ‘a fair leader’ who will charge the energies of Nigerians “to deliver a nation that we can be proud of”.
He urged him to live up to his words of building “a brighter and more productive society for today, tomorrow and for years to come” as contained in the acceptance speech he gave while receiving the Certificate of Return.
“We are confident that Tinubu has the capacity to accomplish these as he promised. We are hopeful that he will be able to harness the requisite political and sundry other wills to give us a true federal Nigeria where people are truly in control of their affairs”, he stated.
