Apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation Afenifere has declared that President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was validly elected.
The organisation said nobody other than Tinubu who was declared winner of the February 25 presidential poll won the contest.
It believed Tinubu would take Nigeria to higher heights, debunking claims that it pronounced Peter Obi of the Labour Party as winner of the presidential poll.
The Leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in a statement he personally signed, also quashed the purported suspension of the National Publicity Secretary of the body Jare Ajayi and National Organising Secretary Comrade Kole Omololu Abagun by a ‘commnique’ of the organisation after a meeting in Isanya Ogun on Tuesday.
The statement reads: “My attention has been drawn to the Communique purportedly issued after a meeting that held on Tuesday, March 27, at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State. This statement is being issued because of the content of the said document.
“Section 2.02 of the document claims that “the results of the lawful votes at the Presidential election available to the Afenifere through credible sources confirm that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, won the said election”.
“Afenifere could not have asserted that someone, other than the person declared by the body duly authorized by the Constitution and other extant laws of the land, is the winner of the presidential election held on February 25, 2023 in Nigeria.
“The body mandated to conduct elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), after the completion of this year’s presidential election on February 25th, has declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the winner of the said election. Our National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Comrade Jare Ajayi, issued a congratulatory message to the President-elect after he had been issued a Certificate of Return by INEC.
