By Ayodele Oni
To restore unity and oneness it is known for, Afenifere, Yoruba socio cultural group, has concluded to constitute a committee to reconcile and reunite aggrieved members.
This is one of the resolutions at the end of the group meeting at the residence of its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure on Wednesday.
The meeting is coming up two years at Pa Fasoranti’s residence after he transferred the leadership to Pa Ayo Adebanjo, citing old age.
Wednesday’s meeting was presided over by Chief Olu Falae, that held sway for the leader that left after his opening address.
The disunity within the group led members to support two different presidential candidates for during last election.
The faction loyal to Pa Ayo Adebanjo supported Peter Obi, candidate of Labour Party, (LP) while those I’d Pa Fasoranti backed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a communique issued and signed by Jare Ajayi, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, the group stressed that “Afenifere is to be reinvigorated, to be stronger and be able to continue to fulfill its mandate of being the Vanguard for the Yoruba Race.
“To achieve this, a Committee is to be set up to achieve Reconciliation and Unity. Afenifere is an Ideological Movement. It is not a Political Party.
“Deviation from the basic Principles of Afenifere has been responsible for the undesirable turn of events in the last two years. Arising from the above, Afenifere is to be brought back to its core values and tradition.
“The meeting took note of Census coming up next year. It was noted that biometric method was successfully used for Voters Card registration.
“As such, Afenifere strongly call the Federal Government to make the National Population Commission to use the same Biometric Method rather than the manual method that is prone to abuse as had happened several times in the past.
“The meeting expressed profound appreciation to The Leader for hosting the meeting and to other leaders present.”
