{"id":80746,"date":"2021-05-15T02:19:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T01:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80746"},"modified":"2021-05-15T02:19:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T01:19:42","slug":"restructure-nigeria-before-2023-general-election-afenifere-tells-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/restructure-nigeria-before-2023-general-election-afenifere-tells-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Restructure Nigeria before 2023 general election, Afenifere tells Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to bury the idea of holding elections before restructuring the country.<\/div>\n
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The Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who made the call at the group\u2019s meeting held at his Ogbo residence in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State, said: \u201cthere must be a country before elections are held\u201d.<\/p>\n

Adebanjo said: \u201cWe urge Buhari to bury the idea of holding an election before returning to federalism by restructuring the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere must be a country before elections are held, it would be patriotic of him to heed this advice. If Gen. Buhari is sincere about keeping the country together, he must restructure the country now this is the only answer to halt the disintegration of the country. To save Nigeria, restructure the country now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be proud as inheritors of a noble heritage, the party (Afenifere) was founded on the political philosophy of federalism due to the multi-ethnic, multilingual, multicultural and multi-religious nature of our country.<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure to adhere to this principle has been the cause of the instability that has plagued our country since Independence.<\/p>\n

“Our consistent advocacy for the restructuring of the country to federalism is based on the founding philosophy of the party,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is for this reason that the founding leader of the party is known as the father of federalism in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the only political system that can keep the country together in peace. It is mischievous for President Buhari\u2019s government to accuse advocates of restructuring as secessionist and separatists\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the system that our founding fathers, The Saudarna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmad Bello, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe agreed to before the British government granted us independence in 1960, after the collapse of Macpherson constitution in 1953\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe present constitution which is the cause of instability in the country is imposed on us by the military-dominated by Northern Muslims after the coup of 1966,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clamour for the return of the country to federalism is born out of the obnoxious provision in the constitution which has made economic and political progress impossible and this has been the main cause of instability in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur resolve for the restructuring of the country back to federalism is unshakeable. We assert we are no secessionist. It is those who oppose restructuring that are enemies of a United Nigeria. That all opponents of restructuring give impetus to secessionists.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not believe in the National Assembly which is a product of this fraudulent constitution to amend the constitution, it is immoral and illogical for a product of fraud to amend the fraud.<\/p>\n

“Six years ago, I warned the nation of the danger of voting for Gen. Muhammad Buhari, I accused him of being a feudalist by birth, a dictator by training and a religious fanatic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI accused him of being a tribalist who has no respect for the rule of law. We were bombarded with the propaganda that he will ruthlessly fight corruption which they said was the bane of Jonathan administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey even told us that as a military man, he would wipe out Boko Haram in 6 months. But after six years in office, we now know better. Buhari has failed in his promises to the electorate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur economy is in tatters, corruption is growing in arithmetical proportion. Our security has collapsed to the extent that Buhari\u2019s government has become so helpless that it now negotiates with Bandits who are so powerful that they dictate the terms of the negotiation. Kidnapping, murder, rape and various acts of criminality pervade the length and breadth of the country unabated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clamour for Gen. Buhari to resign or be impeached is growing louder and louder every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a cover-up for his misdeeds, Gen. Buhari has resorted to silence the opposition by raising the false alarm that former military officers and prominent leaders of the ethnic organization and some Emirs are planning a meeting to pass a vote of no confidence in him. You will wonder even if that allegation is true when is it illegal or unconstitutional in a democracy for citizens to associate. Freedom of association is embedded in our constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe also raises a false alarm that people are planning a coup. I assert Gen. Buhari has failed woefully, he has no clue about the problems facing Nigeria. He should go now before he plunged the country into a crisis the end of which nobody can foretell.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Yoruba people are the only ethnic group that has never called for secession. We have invested in a united Nigeria that we will resist any act that will lead to its break up. We will be in Nigeria as equal partners in a federal Nigeria. A Nigeria in which we will play a second fiddle is most unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n

Therefore, our irreducible minimum condition of staying in Nigeria is a restructured Nigeria. Anything short of that is \u2018\u2018to thy tent, oh Isreal.\u201d The unity of the horse and the rider in which a section of the country is the rider and we the horse is most unacceptable.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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