{"id":100880,"date":"2022-11-01T16:50:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100880"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:50:35","slug":"2023-l-remain-afenifere-leader-were-backing-tinubu-pa-fasoranti-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-l-remain-afenifere-leader-were-backing-tinubu-pa-fasoranti-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: l remain Afenifere leader, we\u2019re backing Tinubu \u2013 Pa Fasoranti, insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The leader of the Yoruba Socio- Political Group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has insisted that he remained the leader of the group, and has endorsed the candidacy of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Fasoranti, in a viral video said that the the organisation never endorsed the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>He declared that \u201cI am still the leader of Afenifere. Afenifere has not endorsed Obi, we are endorsing Jagaban (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) for the presidency.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cAs you can see, the trend, the approval and the acceptability. You could see what happened when Tinubu came to meet me in Akure. Media carried the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdebanjo does not have the capacity to warn me not to welcome Tinubu. Can he do that successfully?<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWhat happened was that Adebanjo took a stand and I took a stand. I didn\u2019t call him and he didn\u2019t call me. We never spoke about the visit.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cAs you can see, Jagaban is accepted and we approve of him. 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