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2023: We Don’t Have Money To Fight Them, But We Must Free Ourselves – Adebanjo

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With three days to go to the polls, the leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has continued to push for the South-East presidency with his support for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

The Yoruba elder, on Tuesday at a meeting with the leadership of a socio-cultural and political group identified as the Atunluse Initiatives in Lagos, said they might not have money to fight the opposition but they have to do all within their power to be free.

Naija News gathered that Adebanjo insisted that it is the turn of the South-East to produce the next president of the country, and therefore appealed to Nigerians to come out and vote for Obi on the day of the election.

According to him, it is the responsibility of every Nigerian to fight for his or her freedom, therefore Nigerians should support Obi because the country needs a leader like him to redirect Nigeria.

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He said, “We don’t have money to fight them, but we must do everything legitimately to free ourselves.

“Because we agreed that we will be sharing the elective position between the North and the South, South-West had their share under Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, it went back to the North under Umaru Yar’Adua.

“Goodluck Jonathan also did his own from South-South and it went back to North, now coming back to South, it should be given to the South-East in the name of equity, justice and fairness.”

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In response to Adebanjo, the Coordinator of the Atunluse Initiatives, Olaseni Shalom, said the organisation would make their choice of a presidential candidate known after the group’s meeting with the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) delegation on Wednesday in Akure.

He however noted that Atunluse would remain resolute with the masses and for the advancement of good governance and a better life for Nigerians.

Shalom stated that “We can only support a political party that shared the same ideology with our organisation for the advancement of good governance and better life with the majority of the citizens living in comfort.”

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