WE ENDORSE ATIKU BECAUSE OF HIS RESTRUCTURING AGENDA – AFENIFERE

 ‘We realised that it is only the presidential candidate of People Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that has irrevocably commit himself to restructure of this country on becoming the President of this country’, the communiqué said.

“We take note of the fact that Atiku is not a new convert to the principle of restructuring, he has been at the forefront of campaign for restructuring for almost eight years. In view of the foregoing, Afenifere hereby endorses the Waziri of Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the candidate, all Yoruba people should vote for at the Saturday Presidential election’.

‘We believe that his Presidency will be of immense benefits not only to Yorubaland but to the country as a whole’. We have been advocating for some time, Our position and the type of restructuring we have in mind were encapsulated in the document we made public at the Submit we held in Ibadan in July, 2017’.

Penpushing further reports that, a chieftain of the group, Senator Femi Okuronmu in his remark  said  the essence of the gathering was to know where Yoruba starts, where they are, and to determines where they are going to politically.

He noted that there are two major contestant out of the 74 contestant who are vying to be the  President of Nigeria in the forthcoming poll, adding that Atiku is remains the only candidate that can bring development to Yoruba land.

The former Federal lawmaker said there are some reasons that make Atiku to stand out among other contestants, which he noted include security of life’s and properties of Yoruba people which is very important, noting that ‘as we all know all the evils perpetrating by Fulani herdsmen which Buhari is their Grand Patron, and Atiku has promised to find solution to it and he will also restructure Nigeria if elected’.

“Bokoharam has been increasing on a daily basis, incessant killings and insecurity must stop, Nigeria economy has gone down and prices of foods in the market also increased, there is unemployment everywhere, they have turned Nigeria to poverty capital of the world”, Okunrounmu said.

“Northerners are the most beneficiaries of Nigeria constitution, Nigeria will develop if there is devolution in federal government and there is regional government”, he emphasised.

Penpushing also reports that, on his own part, Chief Olu Falae said what Afenifere want is not what the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) offered them.

“Some people alleged that we dropped our son and support another person, politics is not about biological relation, Osinbajo told us that APC administration is not interested in restructuring, they said they are only interested in good governance, so this is what make us to distance ourselves from them”.

The former Presidential Candidate expressed optimism that Atiku will restructure Nigeria if he is voted as the President of Nigeria, stressing that people will resist the election outcome if it doesn’t favour Atiku.

Penpushing further reports that,earlier in his remark, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Governorship Candidate  in Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde said  the endorsement of  party and its candidates by Afenifere was a welcome development that will bring a lot of benefits to Yoruba land.

Hear him “If Yoruba people get to a state that they feels like something is threatening their life’s, it means that time for change has come’. He, however urged the people to vote for all the candidates of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the forthcoming general elections.

Penpushing reports that some notable dignitaries at the event include;  Chief Demola Folarin, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief Ruben Fasoranti, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, Alhaja Abosede Adedibu, Chief Tunji Adeluyi, Chief Debo Gbadebo, among others.