Pan-Yoruba social cultural association, Afenifere Renewal
Group, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of laying the foundation
for the problems currently confronting Nigeria.
The group in an electronic mail sent out to journalists over
the weekend by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, noted that though
Obasanjo laid the foundation for the problems, the administration of President
Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the worsening insecurity, economic crisis
and corruption in the country.
According to him, “With the security of the country at the
lowest abysmal region and unbridled corruption eating daily into the fabric of
our society, you can smell nepotism all over the place.
“The reign of impunity and terror can be found in President
Jonathan’s administration. Even as former President Olusegun Obasanjo created
part of the problems confronting Nigeria today, his reign cannot be compared
with the clueless Jonathan administration that some people are trying to market
to us in Yorubaland.
“We are no fools. President Jonathan has been able to run
Nigeria aground economically; he should not be painted as a performing president.”
The group further claimed that Jonathan could not be
regarded as an advocate of Yoruba advancement and development, adding that
those who “stage-managed the Jonathan endorsement” in Ile-Ife had never been
known to be in the vanguard of Yoruba developmental struggle.
“Were Gen. Alani Akinrinade and Mr. Wale Oshun at the Ife
Summit? The translation of democracy for us in Yorubaland is a struggle for
development. We know the political tendency that cares for our advancement.
“We know the people who still have the milk of humanity
flowing in them and whose body language empathises with the people. Jonathan
should ride his bicycle to somewhere else in Bayelsa State,” Famoriyo said.
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