Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has congratulated the newly elected Ohanaeze President General, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, and the new executive council of the body, urging the newly constituted leadership “to continue their bilateral partnerships in restructuring agitations.”
Besides, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group also charged the Azuta-Mbata-led executive to continue to partner in the South and Middle-Belt Leadership Alliance created for cultural, political, and economic justice in Nigeria.
Deputy Leader of Afenifere, HRH Oba Oladipo Olaitan, gave this charge in a congratulatory message made available to newsmen by the group’s spokesperson, Prince Justice Faloye, stating that Ohanaeze had been a major ally in the pursuit of good, fair, and just governance.
According to Oba Olaitan, the recent past Ohanaeze leaderships have been friendly working partners, from bringing about “The Handshake Across Niger,” to the push for rotational presidency to the South-East in the last election, pointing out that the relationship between Afenifere and Ohanaeze was not based only on current political expediencies, but as shown during The Handshake Across Niger in Enugu.
“There is the long history of Yorubas and Igbos relationships, starting from being the closest genetic cousins, to traditional institutional leaderships of Obi and Oba being slight dialect variations, to initiating the pro-independence movements in the 1930s and 1940s.
“Therefore, Afenifere and Ohanaeze have a historic moral obligation to represent the similar cultural values of egalitarianism that can only be achieved by focusing our synergies on restructuring Nigeria to be just and fair to every Nigerian ethnicity,” Oba Olaitan said.
“So, we at Afenifere warmly welcome the new Ohanaeze executive leadership not only as mutual partners but taking its place as a major partner within the South and Middle-Belt Leadership Alliance, to strengthen our collective voices for equity and justice through restructuring,” he added.
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